Topic summary
14%1 analyzed article/video1,058 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Freeway Caps results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 282 hits. Analysis detected 1,183 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,232 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 19% (17,140 of 21,097 topics). This Freeway Caps is better (less manipulative) than 81.20% of the peer group.
Freeway Caps
Topic details
Total words: 4,232
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510018.8% percentile
1.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.2K 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 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.3%5.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.3%Indoctrination: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.5%Middle Ground: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos