Topic summary
⁠40%1 analyzed article/video1,400 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Election Investigation results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 551 hits. Analysis detected 3,399 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,600 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠18% (13,580 of 16,562 topics). This Election Investigation is better (less manipulative) than 82.00% of the peer group.
Election Investigation
Topic details
Total words: 5,600
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510018.0% percentile
1.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.6K 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 6.3%6.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.3%8.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.4%0.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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 6.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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