Topic summary
⁠71%3 analyzed articles/videos951 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Defense Budget results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14.8% saturation with 565 hits. Analysis detected 3,722 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,825 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠48% (8,625 of 16,562 topics). This Defense Budget is better (less manipulative) than 52.10% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 3,825
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

48% percentile
025507510047.9% percentile
2.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles3.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.7%3.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 13.8%13.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.1%6.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.1%4.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%

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 13.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos