Topic summary
53% 8 analyzed articles/videos 778 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Votes results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13.5% saturation with 3,063 hits . Analysis detected 25,160 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,693 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 31% (10,931 of 15,769 topics). This Congressional Votes is better (less manipulative) than 69.30% of the peer group. Congressional Votes
Topic details
Total words: 22,693
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
31% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.7% percentile 2.2% BS Score8 analyzed articles22.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 13.5% 13.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.4% 11.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 9.4% 9.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 2.0% 2.0% 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 13.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.0% False Dilemma: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.5% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Slippery Slope: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.7% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst