Topic summary
74% 46 analyzed articles/videos 40,054 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Democracy results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 19,712 hits . Analysis detected 206,032 faulty-reasoning hits from 192,889 analyzed words across 46 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 23% (12,212 of 15,690 topics). This Democracy is better (less manipulative) than 77.80% of the peer group. Democracy
Topic details
Total words: 192,889
Article count: 46
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 22.2% percentile 2.0% BS Score46 analyzed articles192.9K 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 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.5% 5.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.2% 10.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.4% 1.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 10.2% 10.2% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Topic 5.7% 5.7% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 3.5% 3.5% 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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 2.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Indoctrination: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.5% Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst