Topic summary
⁠0%4 analyzed articles/videos766 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Iowa results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 1,042 hits. Analysis detected 5,799 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,700 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠14% (14,258 of 16,558 topics). This Iowa is better (less manipulative) than 86.10% of the peer group.
Iowa
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Topic details
Total words: 8,700
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

14% percentile
025507510013.9% percentile
1.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.7K 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 3.4%3.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.2%0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.5%9.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 3.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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