Topic summary
⁠27%3 analyzed articles/videos1,888 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Massachusetts Politics results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.7% saturation with 880 hits. Analysis detected 3,399 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,932 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠14% (13,702 of 15,772 topics). This Massachusetts Politics is better (less manipulative) than 86.90% of the peer group.
Massachusetts Politics
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510013.1% percentile
1.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.9K 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 6.4%6.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.0%8.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.2%0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.7%12.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.1%0.1%

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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.4%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.1%Horn Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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