Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video664 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Foreign Agents results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 28.1% saturation with 560 hits. Analysis detected 3,188 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,992 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠81% (3,223 of 16,562 topics). This Foreign Agents is worse (more manipulative) than 80.50% of the peer group.
Foreign Agents
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Topic details
Total words: 1,992
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

81% percentile
025507510080.5% percentile
5.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 8.8%8.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 21.0%21.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 28.1%28.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.9%13.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.7%5.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 7.3%7.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.1%4.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%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%Negativity Bias: Topic 28.1%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 21.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 12.6%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 2.7%Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Red Herring: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.7%Bandwagon: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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