Topic summary
4% 5 analyzed articles/videos 1,221 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hostage Situation results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Biased Writer Voice , and Availability Heuristic , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 5.3% saturation with 337 hits . Analysis detected 3,021 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,414 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (14,426 of 16,562 topics). This Hostage Situation is better (less manipulative) than 87.10% of the peer group. Hostage Situation
Topic details
Total words: 6,414
Article count: 5
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
13% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.9% percentile 1.7% BS Score5 analyzed articles6.4K 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 2.8% 2.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.3% 5.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.5% 0.5% 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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.3% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst