Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video804 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Damage Assessment results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Biased Writer Voice, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 21.8% saturation with 701 hits. Analysis detected 6,084 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,216 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠85% (2,639 of 16,562 topics). This Damage Assessment is worse (more manipulative) than 84.10% of the peer group.
Damage Assessment
Topic details
Total words: 3,216
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

84% percentile
025507510084.1% percentile
6.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 16.4%16.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 15.2%15.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 16.4%16.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 21.2%21.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 15.8%15.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 7.5%7.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 9.2%9.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 6.6%6.6%

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 15.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 21.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 21.2%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 16.4%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 16.4%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 15.8%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 1.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 9.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Burden of Proof: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 0.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Begging the Question: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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