Topic summary
⁠56%1 analyzed article/video966 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Maine Shooting results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 288 hits. Analysis detected 2,065 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,898 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠50% (7,974 of 15,780 topics). This Maine Shooting is better (less manipulative) than 50.50% of the peer group.
Maine Shooting
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,898
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

50% percentile
025507510049.5% percentile
3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K 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 6.1%6.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.5%6.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.9%5.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 9.9%9.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 8.6%8.6%

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 6.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.8%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.9%Red Herring: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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