Topic summary
57% 155 analyzed articles/videos 73,524 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legislation results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 34,909 hits . Analysis detected 341,586 faulty-reasoning hits from 390,464 analyzed words across 155 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (14,061 of 15,769 topics). This Legislation is better (less manipulative) than 89.20% of the peer group. Legislation
Topic details
Total words: 390,464
Article count: 155
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
11% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.8% percentile 1.6% BS Score155 analyzed articles390.5K analyzed words
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.9% 8.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.4% 8.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.0% 1.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.2% 1.2% 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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 5.3% Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.5% Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst