Topic summary
72%2 analyzed articles/videos973 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Federal Fraud results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 29.4% saturation with 1,043 hits. Analysis detected 5,445 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,549 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of 68% (5,369 of 16,356 topics). This Federal Fraud is worse (more manipulative) than 67.20% of the peer group.
Federal Fraud
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Topic details
Total words: 3,549
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

67% percentile
025507510067.2% percentile
4.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 29.4%29.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 10.5%10.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.3%6.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.4%4.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.2%12.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.9%3.9%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 29.4%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 19.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 1.4%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 6.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.8%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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