Topic summary
87%2 analyzed articles/videos867 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Glasgow results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 17.5% saturation with 454 hits. Analysis detected 3,210 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,601 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of 64% (6,059 of 16,534 topics). This Glasgow is worse (more manipulative) than 63.40% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,601
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

63% percentile
025507510063.4% percentile
3.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.6K 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 2.5%2.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 17.4%17.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.5%6.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.8%14.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.5%11.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 2.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.4%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.8%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 1.5%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.8%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.4%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate