Topic summary
39%81 analyzed articles/videos74,272 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Environmental Policy results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 31,775 hits. Analysis detected 312,216 faulty-reasoning hits from 347,355 analyzed words across 81 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (14,432 of 16,452 topics). This Environmental Policy is better (less manipulative) than 87.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

12% percentile
025507510012.3% percentile
1.7% BS Score81 analyzed articles347.4K 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 8.5%8.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.2%9.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.1%7.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.3%2.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 8.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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