Topic summary
76%9 analyzed articles/videos4,036 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Department Of Homeland Security results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.9% saturation with 2,549 hits. Analysis detected 22,802 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,819 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 31% (11,425 of 16,562 topics). This Department Of Homeland Security is better (less manipulative) than 69.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

31% percentile
025507510031.0% percentile
2.2% BS Score9 analyzed articles19.8K 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 12.9%12.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.1%11.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.4%11.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%

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 12.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate