Topic summary
63% 8 analyzed articles/videos 4,492 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Ethics results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.9% saturation with 4,118 hits . Analysis detected 29,578 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,398 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 39% (10,177 of 16,559 topics). This Government Ethics is better (less manipulative) than 61.50% of the peer group. Government Ethics
Topic details
Total words: 24,398
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
39% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 38.5% percentile 2.5% BS Score8 analyzed articles24.4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.8% 9.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 16.5% 16.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.6% 8.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.4% 0.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% 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 9.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 16.9%, sitewide 19.2% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 16.5%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.8%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0% Begging the Question: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.7% Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst