Topic summary
⁠88%3 analyzed articles/videos820 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Forensics results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.6% saturation with 797 hits. Analysis detected 4,946 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,278 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (4,883 of 16,243 topics). This Forensics is worse (more manipulative) than 69.90% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 4,278
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510069.9% percentile
4.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.3K 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 12.3%12.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 15.8%15.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.2%8.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 13.3%13.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 7.5%7.5%

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 12.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 15.8%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 4.0%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.1%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.4%Indoctrination: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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