Topic summary
63%1 analyzed article/video599 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Federal Devices results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7% saturation with 125 hits. Analysis detected 1,027 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,797 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 36% (10,613 of 16,562 topics). This Federal Devices is better (less manipulative) than 64.10% of the peer group.
Federal Devices
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,797
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

36% percentile
025507510035.9% percentile
2.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K 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 5.2%5.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.0%7.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.1%1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 5.1%5.1%

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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 5.1%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.6%Tu Quoque: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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