Topic summary
⁠42%4 analyzed articles/videos2,923 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Corporate Mergers results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Hasty Generalization, with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 1,050 hits. Analysis detected 9,918 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,631 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠40% (10,010 of 16,559 topics). This Corporate Mergers is better (less manipulative) than 60.40% of the peer group.
Corporate Mergers
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510039.6% percentile
2.5% BS Score4 analyzed articles9.6K 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 5.8%5.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.2%10.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 10.9%10.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.3%8.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.3%9.3%

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 5.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 2.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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