Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video474 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Federal Legislation results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Slippery Slope, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 16.5% saturation with 312 hits. Analysis detected 1,712 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,896 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 66% (5,355 of 15,414 topics). This Federal Legislation is worse (more manipulative) than 65.30% of the peer group.
Federal Legislation
Topic details
Total words: 1,896
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

65% percentile
025507510065.3% percentile
3.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K 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 13.3%13.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.0%11.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 8.2%8.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.8%1.8%

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 13.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 16.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Composition/Division: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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