Topic summary
72% 7 analyzed articles/videos 2,182 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Voting results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Negativity Bias , and In-Group Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 2,408 hits . Analysis detected 17,717 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,772 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 31% (11,058 of 15,832 topics). This Congressional Voting is better (less manipulative) than 69.80% of the peer group. Congressional Voting
Topic details
Total words: 16,772
Article count: 7
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
30% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.2% percentile 2.2% BS Score7 analyzed articles16.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 14.4% 14.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.0% 8.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 10.8% 10.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% 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 14.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 5.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Ad Hominem: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.4% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% False Dilemma: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.5% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst