Topic summary
5%4 analyzed articles/videos792 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Death Investigation results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 280 hits. Analysis detected 2,417 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,861 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 29% (11,159 of 15,539 topics). This Death Investigation is better (less manipulative) than 71.80% of the peer group.
Death Investigation
Topic details
Total words: 3,861
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

28% percentile
025507510028.2% percentile
2.2% BS Score4 analyzed articles3.9K 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 7.3%7.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.1%7.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 4.8%4.8%

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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.8%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 4.0%Burden of Proof: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate