Topic summary
68%8 analyzed articles/videos3,706 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Corruption results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 20.5% saturation with 3,182 hits. Analysis detected 20,647 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,547 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 45% (8,464 of 15,266 topics). This Government Corruption is better (less manipulative) than 55.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

45% percentile
025507510044.6% percentile
2.8% BS Score8 analyzed articles15.5K 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 20.5%20.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 13.9%13.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.2%9.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 20.5%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 19.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 3.7%Begging the Question: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate