Topic summary
⁠94%2 analyzed articles/videos75 analyzed words
BS Summary: These High Speed Rail results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, False Dilemma, and Indoctrination, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 30.4% saturation with 398 hits. Analysis detected 2,962 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,308 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠86% (2,431 of 16,562 topics). This High Speed Rail is worse (more manipulative) than 85.30% of the peer group.
High Speed Rail
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,308
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

85% percentile
025507510085.3% percentile
6.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles1.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 30.4%30.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 22.0%22.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 19.8%19.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.7%9.7%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 9.9%9.9%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 9.9%9.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 8.4%8.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 8.5%8.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 30.4%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 25.8%, sitewide 26.9%False Dilemma: Topic 22.0%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 19.8%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 11.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 4.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Status Quo Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos