Topic summary
19% 14 analyzed articles/videos 6,751 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Houston results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Negativity Bias , and Availability Heuristic , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 2,069 hits . Analysis detected 18,350 faulty-reasoning hits from 27,375 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (14,682 of 15,447 topics). This Houston is better (less manipulative) than 95.00% of the peer group. Houston
Topic details
Total words: 27,375
Article count: 14
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.0% percentile 1.4% BS Score14 analyzed articles27.4K 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 5.5% 5.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.1% 5.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.6% 7.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.8% 2.8% 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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst