Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video795 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ku Klux Klan results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Halo Effect, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 7.1% saturation with 225 hits. Analysis detected 1,584 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,180 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (12,979 of 15,845 topics). This Ku Klux Klan is better (less manipulative) than 81.90% of the peer group.
Ku Klux Klan
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Topic details
Total words: 3,180
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510018.1% percentile
1.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K 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 1.8%1.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.2%0.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.1%7.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.7%3.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 3.0%3.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Red Herring: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.5%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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