Topic summary
⁠70%1 analyzed article/video637 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Margolis Edelstein results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 215 hits. Analysis detected 1,747 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,911 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠71% (4,805 of 16,562 topics). This Margolis Edelstein is worse (more manipulative) than 71.00% of the peer group.
Margolis Edelstein
Topic details
Total words: 1,911
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

71% percentile
025507510071.0% percentile
4.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K 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 11.3%11.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.2%6.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.2%3.2%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 6.3%6.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 4.9%4.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.5%6.5%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 4.1%4.1%

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 11.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 0.4%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 5.3%False Dilemma: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 4.6%Status Quo Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Circular Reasoning: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Straw Man: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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