Topic summary
60% 212 analyzed articles/videos 82,557 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government results contain 55 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 51,232 hits . Analysis detected 431,865 faulty-reasoning hits from 460,550 analyzed words across 212 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 14% (13,626 of 15,765 topics). This Government is better (less manipulative) than 86.40% of the peer group. Government
Topic details
Total words: 460,550
Article count: 212
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 13.6% percentile 1.7% BS Score212 analyzed articles460.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.2% 9.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.3% 6.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.1% 11.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.6% 1.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.9% 0.9% 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 9.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst