Topic summary
⁠74%2 analyzed articles/videos1,060 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Reporting results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Halo Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 374 hits. Analysis detected 2,735 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,596 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠64% (8,581 of 23,424 topics). This Government Reporting is worse (more manipulative) than 63.40% of the peer group.
Government Reporting
Topic details
Total words: 3,596
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

63% percentile
025507510063.4% percentile
3.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.6K 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 10.4%10.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.4%4.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.1%2.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.1%10.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.9%3.9%

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 10.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos