Topic summary
90%2 analyzed articles/videos2,385 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lake Mead results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Pessimism Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 22.1% saturation with 1,351 hits. Analysis detected 6,536 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,102 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 50% (7,954 of 15,753 topics). This Lake Mead is better (less manipulative) than 50.50% of the peer group.
Lake Mead
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 6,102
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

50% percentile
025507510049.5% percentile
3.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.1K 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 17.0%17.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.1%5.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 7.5%7.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.1%3.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.2%1.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%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 17.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 22.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 1.9%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos