Topic summary
45%8 analyzed articles/videos2,751 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Initiatives results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Negativity Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 1,703 hits. Analysis detected 16,307 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,086 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 22% (13,059 of 16,562 topics). This Government Initiatives is better (less manipulative) than 78.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510021.2% percentile
1.9% BS Score8 analyzed articles19.1K 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 5.6%5.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.9%8.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.1%3.1%

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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.4%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate