Topic summary
36% 17 analyzed articles/videos 6,598 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Heat Waves results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 3,606 hits . Analysis detected 27,476 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,317 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 16% (13,857 of 16,490 topics). This Heat Waves is better (less manipulative) than 84.00% of the peer group. Heat Waves
Topic details
Total words: 34,317
Article count: 17
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
16% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 16.0% percentile 1.8% BS Score17 analyzed articles34.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.6% 5.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.9% 4.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.5% 10.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.9% 4.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.8% 1.8% 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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst