Topic summary
⁠47%2 analyzed articles/videos1,334 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Covid results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Optimism Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 981 hits. Analysis detected 5,924 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,393 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (15,867 of 16,562 topics). This Covid is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the peer group.
Covid
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

4% percentile
02550751004.2% percentile
1.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles13.4K 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 5.0%5.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.0%4.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.4%0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.3%2.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.0%1.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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