Topic summary
45%4 analyzed articles/videos1,581 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Agencies results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.6% saturation with 1,483 hits. Analysis detected 6,580 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,935 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 17% (13,062 of 15,601 topics). This Government Agencies is better (less manipulative) than 83.70% of the peer group.
Government Agencies
Topic details
Total words: 8,935
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510016.3% percentile
1.8% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.9K 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 8.0%8.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 8.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate