Topic summary
63% 9 analyzed articles/videos 7,260 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Maine results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.1% saturation with 3,987 hits . Analysis detected 34,946 faulty-reasoning hits from 33,035 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 27% (11,399 of 15,447 topics). This Maine is better (less manipulative) than 73.80% of the peer group. Maine
Topic details
Total words: 33,035
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
26% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 26.2% percentile 2.1% BS Score9 analyzed articles33K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.1% 6.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.3% 7.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 12.1% 12.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 10.9% 10.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.8% 3.8% 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 6.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.5% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst