Topic summary
41% 64 analyzed articles/videos 19,311 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Homicide results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.7% saturation with 12,237 hits . Analysis detected 74,803 faulty-reasoning hits from 104,521 analyzed words across 64 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (15,688 of 16,496 topics). This Homicide is better (less manipulative) than 95.10% of the peer group. Homicide
Topic details
Total words: 104,521
Article count: 64
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.9% percentile 1.4% BS Score64 analyzed articles104.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.7% 4.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.0% 8.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.7% 11.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.1% 4.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 3.2% 3.2% 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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst