Topic summary
50%4 analyzed articles/videos2,142 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Services results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Ad Hominem, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 1,341 hits. Analysis detected 10,212 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,271 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (13,697 of 15,325 topics). This Government Services is better (less manipulative) than 89.40% of the peer group.
Government Services
Topic details
Total words: 12,271
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510010.6% percentile
1.6% BS Score4 analyzed articles12.3K 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 4.8%4.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.3%10.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.9%10.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate