Topic summary
48%4 analyzed articles/videos1,642 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Intelligence Agencies results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Ad Hominem, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 1,177 hits. Analysis detected 8,339 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,579 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 18% (13,612 of 16,562 topics). This Intelligence Agencies is better (less manipulative) than 82.20% of the peer group.
Intelligence Agencies
Topic details
Total words: 10,579
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510017.8% percentile
1.8% BS Score4 analyzed articles10.6K 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 4.7%4.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.1%11.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate