Topic summary
⁠93%1 analyzed article/video784 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Controversial Statements results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Ad Hominem, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 22.4% saturation with 526 hits. Analysis detected 2,817 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,352 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠69% (5,212 of 16,562 topics). This Controversial Statements is worse (more manipulative) than 68.50% of the peer group.
Controversial Statements
Topic details
Total words: 2,352
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

69% percentile
025507510068.5% percentile
4.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 12.1%12.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 11.6%11.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.3%12.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 22.4%22.4%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Topic 5.5%5.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 2.3%2.3%

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 12.1%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 22.4%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 19.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 6.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 3.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 1.4%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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