Topic summary
51% 319 analyzed articles/videos 127,270 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Crime results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 66,254 hits . Analysis detected 508,777 faulty-reasoning hits from 639,054 analyzed words across 318 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 7% (14,129 of 15,142 topics). This Crime is better (less manipulative) than 93.30% of the peer group. Crime
Topic details
Total words: 639,054
Article count: 318
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.7% percentile 1.5% BS Score318 analyzed articles639.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.8% 6.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.4% 10.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.1% 7.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.1% 4.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.3% 3.3% 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 6.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst