Topic summary
⁠48%3 analyzed articles/videos542 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Guns results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Unattributed Quote, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 13.1% saturation with 370 hits. Analysis detected 4,217 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,835 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (4,413 of 15,448 topics). This Guns is worse (more manipulative) than 71.40% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,835
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

71% percentile
025507510071.4% percentile
4.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles2.8K 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 10.7%10.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 9.0%9.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 6.4%6.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.9%9.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 5.8%5.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.9%7.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 13.1%13.1%

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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 6.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 1.4%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Primacy Effect: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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