Topic summary
80%2 analyzed articles/videos716 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Investment results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Halo Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 20.3% saturation with 923 hits. Analysis detected 5,561 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,556 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of 65% (5,891 of 16,562 topics). This Government Investment is worse (more manipulative) than 64.40% of the peer group.
Government Investment
Topic details
Total words: 4,556
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510064.4% percentile
3.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.6K 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 4.8%4.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 20.3%20.3%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 12.5%12.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 8.4%8.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 20.3%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 12.5%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 8.4%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.5%Indoctrination: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate