Topic summary
⁠80%2 analyzed articles/videos1,544 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Homer results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 19.3% saturation with 896 hits. Analysis detected 5,472 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,632 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠55% (7,536 of 16,562 topics). This Homer is worse (more manipulative) than 54.50% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 4,632
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

55% percentile
025507510054.5% percentile
3.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.6K 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 0.4%0.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 19.3%19.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.7%12.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.9%13.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 4.1%4.1%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Topic 2.7%2.7%

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 0.4%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 19.3%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.3%Begging the Question: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos