Topic summary
⁠74%2 analyzed articles/videos687 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ducks results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Negativity Bias, and Straw Man, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 25.1% saturation with 690 hits. Analysis detected 4,717 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,748 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of ⁠67% (5,494 of 16,562 topics). This Ducks is worse (more manipulative) than 66.80% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,748
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

67% percentile
025507510066.8% percentile
4.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.7K 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 3.6%3.6%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 24.3%24.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 25.1%25.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 10.0%10.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.3%0.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 6.4%6.4%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 8.3%8.3%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Topic 5.2%5.2%

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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 25.1%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 24.3%, sitewide 1.4%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 11.1%Straw Man: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 0.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 9.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 3.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 6.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 0.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.2%Tu Quoque: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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