Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video409 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Firearms Regulation results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Anecdotal, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14.5% saturation with 238 hits. Analysis detected 1,331 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,636 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (6,138 of 16,562 topics). This Firearms Regulation is worse (more manipulative) than 62.90% of the peer group.
Firearms Regulation
Topic details
Total words: 1,636
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

63% percentile
025507510062.9% percentile
3.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K 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 5.3%5.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 8.4%8.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%

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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 3.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 5.2%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Begging the Question: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.5%Straw Man: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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