Topic summary
75% 177 analyzed articles/videos 117,605 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Foreign Policy results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.2% saturation with 69,596 hits . Analysis detected 689,003 faulty-reasoning hits from 620,521 analyzed words across 177 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 25% (12,003 of 15,988 topics). This Foreign Policy is better (less manipulative) than 75.10% of the peer group. Foreign Policy
Topic details
Total words: 620,521
Article count: 177
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
25% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 24.9% percentile 2.1% BS Score177 analyzed articles620.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.2% 9.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.9% 5.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.2% 11.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 10.8% 10.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.5% 1.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.7% 1.7% 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 9.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.2% Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst