Topic summary
68% 18 analyzed articles/videos 10,513 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Surveillance results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 7,861 hits . Analysis detected 77,551 faulty-reasoning hits from 81,645 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 18% (12,545 of 15,297 topics). This Government Surveillance is better (less manipulative) than 82.00% of the peer group. Government Surveillance
Topic details
Total words: 81,645
Article count: 18
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
18% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 18.0% percentile 1.9% BS Score18 analyzed articles81.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.6% 9.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.5% 9.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.4% 7.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.3% 0.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.4% 4.4% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 3.6% 3.6% 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 9.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Indoctrination: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst