Topic summary
0%15 analyzed articles/videos17,379 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Founding Fathers results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Emotion, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 8,826 hits. Analysis detected 82,810 faulty-reasoning hits from 81,321 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 21% (12,845 of 16,107 topics). This Founding Fathers is better (less manipulative) than 79.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

20% percentile
025507510020.3% percentile
1.9% BS Score15 analyzed articles81.3K 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 4.4%4.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.6%5.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.8%10.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.8%3.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate