Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video1,210 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Inspectors General results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Unattributed Quote, and Self-Serving Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 631 hits. Analysis detected 2,653 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,840 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 20% (13,350 of 16,559 topics). This Inspectors General is better (less manipulative) than 80.60% of the peer group.
Inspectors General
Topic details
Total words: 4,840
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510019.4% percentile
1.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.6%6.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.0%13.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 6.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.4%Horn Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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