Topic summary
⁠86%1 analyzed article/video672 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Accountability Office results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 41.4% saturation with 835 hits. Analysis detected 3,280 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,016 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of ⁠82% (2,905 of 15,785 topics). This Government Accountability Office is worse (more manipulative) than 81.60% of the peer group.
Government Accountability Office
Topic details
Total words: 2,016
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

82% percentile
025507510081.6% percentile
6.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 41.4%41.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 16.8%16.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 26.2%26.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 7.7%7.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 11.0%11.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 41.4%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 16.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 26.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.0%Special Pleading: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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