Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video866 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Covert Operations results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 17.3% saturation with 598 hits. Analysis detected 3,481 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,464 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠56% (7,388 of 16,562 topics). This Covert Operations is worse (more manipulative) than 55.40% of the peer group.
Covert Operations
Topic details
Total words: 3,464
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

55% percentile
025507510055.4% percentile
3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.5K 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 6.4%6.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 16.5%16.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.4%11.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.1%9.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 17.3%17.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 17.3%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 16.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 0.4%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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