Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,640 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Secrecy results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 33.2% saturation with 1,921 hits. Analysis detected 12,381 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,785 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (3,557 of 16,481 topics). This Government Secrecy is worse (more manipulative) than 78.40% of the peer group.
Government Secrecy
Topic details
Total words: 5,785
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

78% percentile
025507510078.4% percentile
5.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 33.2%33.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 18.0%18.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 32.6%32.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 14.5%14.5%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 11.6%11.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 7.5%7.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 15.3%15.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 8.6%8.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 33.2%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 32.6%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 14.5%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 21.7%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 18.0%, sitewide 2.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 15.3%, sitewide 8.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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