Topic summary
⁠33%2 analyzed articles/videos313 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Labor Department results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Self-Serving Bias, and Halo Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16% saturation with 441 hits. Analysis detected 2,417 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,755 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠50% (8,424 of 16,562 topics). This Labor Department is better (less manipulative) than 50.90% of the peer group.
Labor Department
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Topic details
Total words: 2,755
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

49% percentile
025507510049.1% percentile
2.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.8K 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 5.3%5.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.4%2.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 16.0%16.0%

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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 3.7%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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