Topic summary
⁠28%3 analyzed articles/videos3,104 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Legislation results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 685 hits. Analysis detected 8,771 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,150 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠18% (12,840 of 15,599 topics). This Government Legislation is better (less manipulative) than 82.30% of the peer group.
Government Legislation
Topic details
Total words: 10,150
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510017.7% percentile
1.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles10.2K 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 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.0%6.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos