Topic summary
22% 10 analyzed articles/videos 8,298 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ebola Outbreak results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Authority , and Availability Heuristic , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 2,573 hits . Analysis detected 13,635 faulty-reasoning hits from 27,507 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 2% (16,335 of 16,562 topics). This Ebola Outbreak is better (less manipulative) than 98.60% of the peer group. Ebola Outbreak
Topic details
Total words: 27,507
Article count: 10
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.4% percentile 1.1% BS Score10 analyzed articles27.5K 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 3.8% 3.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.3% 9.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.7% 3.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.8% 0.8% 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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst