Topic summary
42%33 analyzed articles/videos19,944 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Regulation results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 11,835 hits. Analysis detected 103,340 faulty-reasoning hits from 109,183 analyzed words across 33 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 16% (13,039 of 15,456 topics). This Government Regulation is better (less manipulative) than 84.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510015.6% percentile
1.8% BS Score33 analyzed articles109.2K 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 9.9%9.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.1%6.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.8%10.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%

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 9.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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