Topic summary
91% 3 analyzed articles/videos 462 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Forecast results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Optimism Bias , and Anchoring Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 17.9% saturation with 377 hits . Analysis detected 2,253 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,109 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.9% and a BS Rank of 82% (3,051 of 16,495 topics). This Forecast is worse (more manipulative) than 81.50% of the peer group. Forecast
Topic details
Total words: 2,109
Article count: 3
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82% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 81.5% percentile 5.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles2.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 7.4% 7.4% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 14.0% 14.0% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 17.9% 17.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 14.2% 14.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 17.3% 17.3% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Topic 8.4% 8.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 5.4% 5.4% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Topic 4.8% 4.8% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Topic 3.3% 3.3% 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 17.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Topic 17.3%, sitewide 11.1% Optimism Bias: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anchoring Bias: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 4.0% Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 9.1% Recency Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 2.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 1.9% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 4.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.8% Loss Aversion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9% Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.2% Middle Ground: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst