Topic summary
⁠0%4 analyzed articles/videos2,487 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Federal Policy results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Pessimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 32.2% saturation with 2,728 hits. Analysis detected 16,247 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,466 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠68% (4,887 of 15,266 topics). This Federal Policy is worse (more manipulative) than 68.00% of the peer group.
Federal Policy
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

68% percentile
025507510068.0% percentile
4.2% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 13.0%13.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 8.7%8.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 32.2%32.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.7%6.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.6%1.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 16.3%16.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 8.9%8.9%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 32.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 15.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 6.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 5.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 3.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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