Topic summary
0%4 analyzed articles/videos853 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Deaths results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 516 hits. Analysis detected 2,597 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,048 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 28% (11,206 of 15,404 topics). This Deaths is better (less manipulative) than 72.70% of the peer group.
Deaths
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Topic details
Total words: 5,048
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

27% percentile
025507510027.3% percentile
2.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles5K 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 4.4%4.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.1%8.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.2%10.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%

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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.8%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.6%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate