Topic summary
96%2 analyzed articles/videos1,538 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Homicides results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Negativity Bias, and Anchoring Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 15.4% saturation with 712 hits. Analysis detected 6,202 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,614 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of 67% (5,574 of 16,562 topics). This Homicides is worse (more manipulative) than 66.30% of the peer group.
Homicides
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Topic details
Total words: 4,614
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

66% percentile
025507510066.3% percentile
4.0% 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%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 15.4%15.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 13.7%13.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.1%10.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 9.4%9.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.4%0.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.9%6.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.2%3.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.1%3.1%

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 15.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 13.7%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 4.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 7.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 3.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos