Topic summary
72% 15 analyzed articles/videos 7,912 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Transparency results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.5% saturation with 8,996 hits . Analysis detected 68,257 faulty-reasoning hits from 58,182 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 32% (11,418 of 16,562 topics). This Government Transparency is better (less manipulative) than 68.90% of the peer group. Government Transparency
Topic details
Total words: 58,182
Article count: 15
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
31% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 31.1% percentile 2.2% BS Score15 analyzed articles58.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.8% 8.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 13.9% 13.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.9% 7.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.6% 5.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 15.5% 15.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.9% 0.9% 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 8.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 15.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.1% Burden of Proof: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.4% False Dilemma: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.5% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst