Topic summary
83% 7 analyzed articles/videos 4,029 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Shutdown results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 13.1% saturation with 2,874 hits . Analysis detected 27,484 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,007 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 42% (9,245 of 15,780 topics). This Government Shutdown is better (less manipulative) than 58.60% of the peer group. Government Shutdown
Topic details
Total words: 22,007
Article count: 7
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
41% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 41.4% percentile 2.6% BS Score7 analyzed articles22K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 11.5% 11.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.8% 11.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Topic 5.4% 5.4% 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 11.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0% Ad Hominem: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 2.2% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.3% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.4% Indoctrination: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.1% False Dilemma: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.5% Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst