Topic summary
70% 2 analyzed articles/videos 714 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Impersonation results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 20% saturation with 429 hits . Analysis detected 2,298 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,142 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 69% (5,228 of 16,562 topics). This Impersonation is worse (more manipulative) than 68.40% of the peer group. Impersonation
Topic details
Total words: 2,142
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
68% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 68.4% percentile 4.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 20.0% 20.0% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 8.2% 8.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 6.4% 6.4% 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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9% Indoctrination: Topic 20.0%, sitewide 0.0% Negativity Bias: Topic 18.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 5.3% Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.5% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.3% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Begging the Question: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.5% No True Scotsman: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.1% Red Herring: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst