Topic summary
⁠0%5 analyzed articles/videos4,497 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Federal Investigation results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13.1% saturation with 2,382 hits. Analysis detected 16,077 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,170 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (12,779 of 15,769 topics). This Federal Investigation is better (less manipulative) than 81.00% of the peer group.
Federal Investigation

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510019.0% percentile
1.9% BS Score5 analyzed articles18.2K 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 13.1%13.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.2%7.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.5%11.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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 13.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos