Topic summary
0% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,049 analyzed words
BS Summary: These International Comparison results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 33.7% saturation with 2,072 hits . Analysis detected 9,682 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,147 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.1% and a BS Rank of 77% (3,926 of 16,562 topics). This International Comparison is worse (more manipulative) than 76.30% of the peer group. International Comparison
Topic details
Total words: 6,147
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
76% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 76.3% percentile 5.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 33.7% 33.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.9% 11.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 9.9% 9.9% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Topic 6.6% 6.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.1% 2.1% 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% Appeal to Authority: Topic 33.7%, sitewide 11.1% Framing Effect: Topic 30.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 7.5% Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.7% Straw Man: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 0.9% Anchoring Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 4.0% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Status Quo Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 2.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Bandwagon: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.5% Slippery Slope: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Begging the Question: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst