Topic summary
32% 16 analyzed articles/videos 13,104 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fact-Checking results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 6.5% saturation with 3,818 hits . Analysis detected 38,418 faulty-reasoning hits from 58,945 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 3% (15,033 of 15,398 topics). This Fact-Checking is better (less manipulative) than 97.60% of the peer group. Fact-Checking
Topic details
Total words: 58,945
Article count: 16
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.4% percentile 1.2% BS Score16 analyzed articles58.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 4.8% 4.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 6.5% 6.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst