Topic summary
⁠64%2 analyzed articles/videos567 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Contact results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Indoctrination, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 31% saturation with 1,267 hits. Analysis detected 6,395 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,092 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠81% (3,160 of 16,562 topics). This Contact is worse (more manipulative) than 80.90% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 4,092
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

81% percentile
025507510080.9% percentile
5.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 31.0%31.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 3.3%3.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 28.4%28.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 19.1%19.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 11.6%11.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.1%0.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 7.2%7.2%

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%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 31.0%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 28.4%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 19.1%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 4.6%Halo Effect: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 7.5%Begging the Question: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 1.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 1.4%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.7%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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