Topic summary
30%2 analyzed articles/videos791 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Leadership Appointment results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Optimism Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 10.3% saturation with 327 hits. Analysis detected 1,685 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,164 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 57% (9,269 of 21,334 topics). This Leadership Appointment is worse (more manipulative) than 56.60% of the peer group.
Leadership Appointment
Topic details
Total words: 3,164
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

57% percentile
025507510056.6% percentile
2.8% BS Score2 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 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.2%2.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 10.3%10.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 9.6%9.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 2.1%2.1%

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 0.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.5%Red Herring: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.3%Indoctrination: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos