Topic summary
56% 17 analyzed articles/videos 9,181 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fires results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.6% saturation with 6,083 hits . Analysis detected 40,689 faulty-reasoning hits from 52,498 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 8% (14,220 of 15,448 topics). This Fires is better (less manipulative) than 92.10% of the peer group. Fires
Topic details
Total words: 52,498
Article count: 17
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.9% percentile 1.5% BS Score17 analyzed articles52.5K analyzed words
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.6% 11.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.7% 3.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.6% 0.6% 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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 3.7% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.0% Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst