Topic summary
41% 17 analyzed articles/videos 9,933 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Heat Wave results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Indoctrination , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 4,285 hits . Analysis detected 34,625 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,623 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 15% (13,245 of 15,447 topics). This Heat Wave is better (less manipulative) than 85.70% of the peer group. Heat Wave
Topic details
Total words: 40,623
Article count: 17
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 14.3% percentile 1.7% BS Score17 analyzed articles40.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.6% 10.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 5.5% 5.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.7% 3.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Indoctrination: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 0.0% Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.4% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst