Topic summary
46%10 analyzed articles/videos11,429 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gun Rights results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 3,882 hits. Analysis detected 41,608 faulty-reasoning hits from 42,143 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 20% (13,297 of 16,562 topics). This Gun Rights is better (less manipulative) than 80.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

20% percentile
025507510019.7% percentile
1.9% BS Score10 analyzed articles42.1K 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 7.8%7.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.2%9.2%

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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Begging the Question: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate