Topic summary
7% 21 analyzed articles/videos 4,817 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fatalities results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Halo Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.4% saturation with 2,842 hits . Analysis detected 16,175 faulty-reasoning hits from 33,986 analyzed words across 21 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 2% (15,488 of 15,755 topics). This Fatalities is better (less manipulative) than 98.30% of the peer group. Fatalities
Topic details
Total words: 33,986
Article count: 21
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.7% percentile 1.1% BS Score21 analyzed articles34K 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 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.4% 8.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.1% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst