Topic summary
67% 24 analyzed articles/videos 18,493 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Investigations results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.4% saturation with 14,205 hits . Analysis detected 75,527 faulty-reasoning hits from 92,055 analyzed words across 24 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 10% (15,037 of 16,562 topics). This Investigations is better (less manipulative) than 90.80% of the peer group. Investigations
Topic details
Total words: 92,055
Article count: 24
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
9% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.2% percentile 1.5% BS Score24 analyzed articles92.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.3% 8.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.8% 4.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 15.4% 15.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.6% 0.6% 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 8.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 15.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.4% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst