Topic summary
⁠65%3 analyzed articles/videos1,573 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Great Lakes results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Availability Heuristic, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 16.6% saturation with 1,118 hits. Analysis detected 7,165 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,730 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠55% (7,258 of 15,988 topics). This Great Lakes is worse (more manipulative) than 54.60% of the peer group.
Great Lakes
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 6,730
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

55% percentile
025507510054.6% percentile
3.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.7K 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 16.6%16.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.1%6.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.0%15.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 4.2%4.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%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 16.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos