Topic summary
52%20 analyzed articles/videos23,940 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Covid 19 Pandemic results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 8,227 hits. Analysis detected 74,629 faulty-reasoning hits from 96,992 analyzed words across 20 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 18% (19,230 of 23,187 topics). This Covid 19 Pandemic is better (less manipulative) than 82.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

17% percentile
025507510017.1% percentile
1.5% BS Score20 analyzed articles97K 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 3.2%3.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.7%6.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate