Topic summary
36% 8 analyzed articles/videos 4,733 analyzed words
BS Summary: These How To Watch results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Optimism Bias , and Halo Effect , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 25% saturation with 5,052 hits . Analysis detected 17,801 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,207 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 30% (10,979 of 15,689 topics). This How To Watch is better (less manipulative) than 70.00% of the peer group. How To Watch
Topic details
Total words: 20,207
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
30% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.0% percentile 2.2% BS Score8 analyzed articles20.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Topic 25.0% 25.0% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.7% 3.7% 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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 25.0%, sitewide 0.5% Negativity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.8% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst