Topic summary
67% 6 analyzed articles/videos 5,766 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Consolidation results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20% saturation with 3,771 hits . Analysis detected 30,568 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,862 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 58% (6,776 of 15,852 topics). This Media Consolidation is worse (more manipulative) than 57.30% of the peer group. Media Consolidation
Topic details
Total words: 18,862
Article count: 6
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
57% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 57.3% percentile 3.4% BS Score6 analyzed articles18.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 13.2% 13.2% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Topic 8.1% 8.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Topic 7.5% 7.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Topic 6.8% 6.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 6.5% 6.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.6% 9.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.9% 2.9% 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 13.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 20.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1% Slippery Slope: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 1.7% Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 2.0% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.9% Ad Hominem: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 2.2% Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2% Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.9% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 4.6% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 3.1% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Begging the Question: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.7% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3% Genetic Fallacy: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst