Topic summary
⁠92%2 analyzed articles/videos664 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Federal Spending results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Negativity Bias, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 26.4% saturation with 1,077 hits. Analysis detected 7,808 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,080 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠75% (3,982 of 15,534 topics). This Federal Spending is worse (more manipulative) than 74.40% of the peer group.
Federal Spending
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Topic details
Total words: 4,080
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

74% percentile
025507510074.4% percentile
4.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.1K 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 26.4%26.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.8%9.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 17.1%17.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 11.9%11.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.1%12.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 5.8%5.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.4%11.4%

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 9.8%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 26.4%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 19.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 17.1%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 5.8%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Bandwagon: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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