Topic summary
19%2 analyzed articles/videos701 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Family Secrets results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, False Dilemma, and Appeal to Emotion, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 3.6% saturation with 142 hits. Analysis detected 1,278 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,938 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 16% (19,409 of 22,953 topics). This Family Secrets is better (less manipulative) than 84.60% of the peer group.
Family Secrets
Topic details
Total words: 3,938
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

15% percentile
025507510015.4% percentile
1.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.9K 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 1.4%1.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.3%0.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate