Topic summary
72%7 analyzed articles/videos2,284 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Federal Agencies results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 17.9% saturation with 2,010 hits. Analysis detected 11,169 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,211 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 41% (9,795 of 16,562 topics). This Federal Agencies is better (less manipulative) than 59.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

41% percentile
025507510040.9% percentile
2.6% BS Score7 analyzed articles11.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 17.9%17.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.2%7.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.1%11.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 9.1%9.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.6%10.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%

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 17.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate