Topic summary
0%5 analyzed articles/videos1,824 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fatal Accidents results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14.2% saturation with 1,786 hits. Analysis detected 11,351 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,572 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 25% (12,435 of 16,562 topics). This Fatal Accidents is better (less manipulative) than 75.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

25% percentile
025507510024.9% percentile
2.1% BS Score5 analyzed articles12.6K 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 10.6%10.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.0%10.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.2%0.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%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 10.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Red Herring: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate