Topic summary
0%3 analyzed articles/videos195 analyzed words
BS Summary: These House Elections results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 62.4% saturation with 487 hits. Analysis detected 2,618 faulty-reasoning hits from 780 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 14% and a BS Rank of 97% (631 of 16,562 topics). This House Elections is worse (more manipulative) than 96.20% of the peer group.
House Elections
Topic ranking list

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

96% percentile
025507510096.2% percentile
14.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles780 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 62.4%62.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 34.9%34.9%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 19.6%19.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 17.6%17.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 23.7%23.7%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 17.1%17.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 14.2%14.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 15.3%15.3%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 13.2%13.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 12.2%12.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Framing Effect: Topic 62.4%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 34.9%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 23.7%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Topic 23.3%, sitewide 19.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 19.6%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 17.6%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Topic 17.1%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 15.3%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 1.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 2.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 6.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 1.4%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 2.2%Primacy Effect: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 0.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate