Topic summary
45% 33 analyzed articles/videos 15,661 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Family results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Framing Effect , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 6,958 hits . Analysis detected 70,855 faulty-reasoning hits from 111,535 analyzed words across 33 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 3% (15,391 of 15,765 topics). This Family is better (less manipulative) than 97.60% of the peer group. Family
Topic details
Total words: 111,535
Article count: 33
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.4% percentile 1.2% BS Score33 analyzed articles111.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.6% 5.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.8% 4.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.0% 1.0% 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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst