Topic summary
62% 7 analyzed articles/videos 4,844 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mail In Ballots results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 12.2% saturation with 2,567 hits . Analysis detected 19,450 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,089 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 20% (13,387 of 16,562 topics). This Mail In Ballots is better (less manipulative) than 80.80% of the peer group. Mail In Ballots
Topic details
Total words: 21,089
Article count: 7
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
19% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.2% percentile 1.9% BS Score7 analyzed articles21.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.5% 6.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 7.9% 7.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.2% 7.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 12.2% 12.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% 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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.1% Slippery Slope: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst