Topic summary
7%1 analyzed article/video2,706 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Election Monitoring results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Anecdotal, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 3.1% saturation with 335 hits. Analysis detected 2,802 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,824 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 2% (22,252 of 22,550 topics). This Election Monitoring is better (less manipulative) than 98.70% of the peer group.
Election Monitoring

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751001.3% percentile
0.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles10.8K 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 1.1%1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.1%0.1%

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 1.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos