Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,637 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Historical Parallels results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 1,098 hits. Analysis detected 7,067 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,548 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (7,616 of 16,562 topics). This Historical Parallels is worse (more manipulative) than 54.00% of the peer group.
Historical Parallels
Topic details
Total words: 6,548
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

54% percentile
025507510054.0% percentile
3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.5K 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 8.3%8.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 16.8%16.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.8%9.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.5%7.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%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 8.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 16.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos