Topic summary
68%4 analyzed articles/videos3,138 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fatal Crash results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Halo Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 883 hits. Analysis detected 6,194 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,820 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 22% (12,054 of 15,455 topics). This Fatal Crash is better (less manipulative) than 78.00% of the peer group.
Fatal Crash
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

22% percentile
025507510022.0% percentile
2.0% BS Score4 analyzed articles7.8K 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 6.7%6.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.3%11.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.7%9.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 6.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 3.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate