Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video656 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Forensic Investigation results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 21.1% saturation with 554 hits. Analysis detected 2,594 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,624 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠74% (4,345 of 16,562 topics). This Forensic Investigation is worse (more manipulative) than 73.80% of the peer group.
Forensic Investigation
Topic details
Total words: 2,624
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

74% percentile
025507510073.8% percentile
4.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.2%5.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.2%12.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 21.1%21.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.4%9.4%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 5.1%5.1%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 3.2%3.2%

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 21.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Burden of Proof: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.8%Composition/Division: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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