Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video668 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Weaponization results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 22.3% saturation with 447 hits. Analysis detected 3,301 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,004 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠77% (3,843 of 16,562 topics). This Government Weaponization is worse (more manipulative) than 76.80% of the peer group.
Government Weaponization
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠77%Government Weaponization (selected)6%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 2,004
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

77% percentile
025507510076.8% percentile
5.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 10.5%10.5%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 8.8%8.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 9.7%9.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.4%4.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 13.3%13.3%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 4.9%4.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.5%1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 22.3%22.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.3%2.3%

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 10.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 22.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 5.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Begging the Question: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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