Topic summary
43%4 analyzed articles/videos3,535 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Horror Films results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 2,358 hits. Analysis detected 20,117 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,417 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 44% (9,276 of 16,325 topics). This Horror Films is better (less manipulative) than 56.80% of the peer group.
Horror Films
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Topic details
Total words: 16,417
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

43% percentile
025507510043.2% percentile
2.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles16.4K 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 3.6%3.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.1%11.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 12.8%12.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 14.4%14.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 13.3%13.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate