Topic summary
30% 18 analyzed articles/videos 8,409 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Investigations results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 5,677 hits . Analysis detected 46,281 faulty-reasoning hits from 54,843 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (14,059 of 15,788 topics). This Government Investigations is better (less manipulative) than 89.00% of the peer group. Government Investigations
Topic details
Total words: 54,843
Article count: 18
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
11% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 11.0% percentile 1.6% BS Score18 analyzed articles54.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.2% 9.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.6% 5.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.3% 10.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.5% 0.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 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 9.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.1% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst