Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video95 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gasoline Costs results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 60% saturation with 171 hits. Analysis detected 1,487 faulty-reasoning hits from 285 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 20.1% and a BS Rank of 99% (230 of 16,562 topics). This Gasoline Costs is worse (more manipulative) than 98.60% of the peer group.
Gasoline Costs
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Topic details
Total words: 285
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

99% percentile
025507510098.6% percentile
20.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles285 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 46.3%46.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 60.0%60.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 33.3%33.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 58.3%58.3%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 27.4%27.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 27.4%27.4%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 20.4%20.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 27.7%27.7%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 20.0%20.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 21.1%21.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Negativity Bias: Topic 60.0%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 58.3%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 46.3%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 33.3%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 27.7%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 27.4%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 27.4%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 26.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 21.4%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 21.1%, sitewide 8.1%Red Herring: Topic 20.4%, sitewide 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 20.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 3.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 13.0%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 3.7%Halo Effect: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 4.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 1.4%Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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