Topic summary
64% 147 analyzed articles/videos 95,665 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Policy results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 50,529 hits . Analysis detected 456,863 faulty-reasoning hits from 477,809 analyzed words across 147 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 16% (13,121 of 15,489 topics). This Government Policy is better (less manipulative) than 84.70% of the peer group. Government Policy
Topic details
Total words: 477,809
Article count: 147
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
15% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 15.3% percentile 1.8% BS Score147 analyzed articles477.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.2% 8.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.6% 10.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.3% 7.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.7% 3.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.9% 0.9% 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 8.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.0% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst