Topic summary
⁠19%1 analyzed article/video861 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Investigation Outcome results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 234 hits. Analysis detected 1,298 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,444 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (14,567 of 22,942 topics). This Investigation Outcome is better (less manipulative) than 63.50% of the peer group.
Investigation Outcome
Topic details
Total words: 3,444
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

37% percentile
025507510036.5% percentile
2.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.4K 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 4.4%4.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.6%4.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 3.4%3.4%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%

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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.1%Middle Ground: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.1%Indoctrination: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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