Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos422 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Department Of Defense results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Availability Heuristic, and Anecdotal, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 13.6% saturation with 328 hits. Analysis detected 3,202 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,412 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (4,700 of 16,562 topics). This Department Of Defense is worse (more manipulative) than 71.60% of the peer group.
Department Of Defense
Topic details
Total words: 2,412
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

72% percentile
025507510071.6% percentile
4.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.4K 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 6.9%6.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 13.1%13.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.7%9.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 13.6%13.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 6.4%6.4%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 8.1%8.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 10.3%10.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 13.6%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 2.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 6.4%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Bandwagon: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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