Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video8 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Illustration results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Biased Writer Voice, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 12 hits. Analysis detected 74 faulty-reasoning hits from 24 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 20.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠99% (223 of 16,562 topics). This Illustration is worse (more manipulative) than 98.70% of the peer group.
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Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 24
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

99% percentile
025507510098.7% percentile
20.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles24 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 50.0%50.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 33.3%33.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 41.7%41.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 33.3%33.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 16.7%16.7%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Topic 16.7%16.7%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Topic 16.7%16.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 16.7%16.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 16.7%16.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 16.7%16.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Halo Effect: Topic 50.0%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 41.7%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 33.3%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 33.3%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 26.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 16.7%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 7.5%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 1.4%Optimism Bias: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 6.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9%Bandwagon: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 8.1%Recency Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 2.7%Halo EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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