Topic summary
47%6 analyzed articles/videos2,437 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Intelligence Community results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 1,428 hits. Analysis detected 12,576 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,738 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 26% (11,736 of 15,755 topics). This Intelligence Community is better (less manipulative) than 74.50% of the peer group.
Intelligence Community

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510025.5% percentile
2.1% BS Score6 analyzed articles13.7K 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 7.9%7.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.4%10.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.0%8.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 7.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate