Topic summary
68% 21 analyzed articles/videos 10,026 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Oversight results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.2% saturation with 9,116 hits . Analysis detected 81,182 faulty-reasoning hits from 68,969 analyzed words across 21 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 34% (10,508 of 15,780 topics). This Congressional Oversight is better (less manipulative) than 66.60% of the peer group. Congressional Oversight
Topic details
Total words: 68,969
Article count: 21
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
33% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 33.4% percentile 2.3% BS Score21 analyzed articles69K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 11.6% 11.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 9.8% 9.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 13.2% 13.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.1% Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0% Begging the Question: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst