Topic summary
84% 42 analyzed articles/videos 20,569 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Spending results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 13.9% saturation with 16,906 hits . Analysis detected 153,534 faulty-reasoning hits from 121,665 analyzed words across 42 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 36% (10,195 of 15,769 topics). This Government Spending is better (less manipulative) than 64.60% of the peer group. Government Spending
Topic details
Total words: 121,665
Article count: 42
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
35% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 35.4% percentile 2.4% BS Score42 analyzed articles121.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 12.1% 12.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 13.9% 13.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.3% 8.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 13.7% 13.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 1.1% 1.1% 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 12.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 13.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.4% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.5% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst