Topic summary
25%7 analyzed articles/videos2,192 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fatal Accident results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 13.3% saturation with 1,644 hits. Analysis detected 9,330 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,360 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 20% (13,136 of 16,245 topics). This Fatal Accident is better (less manipulative) than 80.90% of the peer group.
Fatal Accident

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510019.1% percentile
1.9% BS Score7 analyzed articles12.4K 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 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.9%9.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate