Topic summary
⁠35%1 analyzed article/video825 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Disease results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Burden of Proof, Anecdotal, and Availability Heuristic, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 200 hits. Analysis detected 1,481 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,475 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (10,558 of 16,562 topics). This Disease is better (less manipulative) than 63.70% of the peer group.
Disease
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠37%Disease (selected)3%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 2,475
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

36% percentile
025507510036.3% percentile
2.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K 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 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 6.2%6.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 8.1%8.1%

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 3.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 4.6%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Burden of Proof: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 0.4%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Red Herring: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.0%Special Pleading: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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