Topic summary
96%2 analyzed articles/videos252 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Benefits results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 18.3% saturation with 561 hits. Analysis detected 6,760 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,060 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of 78% (3,692 of 16,562 topics). This Government Benefits is worse (more manipulative) than 77.70% of the peer group.
Government Benefits
Topic details
Total words: 3,060
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

78% percentile
025507510077.7% percentile
5.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 17.3%17.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 18.1%18.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 16.5%16.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.2%10.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 9.0%9.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 7.8%7.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 7.6%7.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 14.1%14.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 6.4%6.4%

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 16.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 18.3%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 18.1%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 17.3%, sitewide 0.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.1%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 5.3%Begging the Question: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate