Topic summary
60%10 analyzed articles/videos9,488 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Health Policy results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 3,817 hits. Analysis detected 31,249 faulty-reasoning hits from 33,817 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 18% (13,734 of 16,562 topics). This Health Policy is better (less manipulative) than 82.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

17% percentile
025507510017.1% percentile
1.8% BS Score10 analyzed articles33.8K 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 9.7%9.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.3%11.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.9%9.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 9.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate