Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video491 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Distribution results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Self-Serving Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 48.5% saturation with 953 hits. Analysis detected 4,307 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,964 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠92% (1,425 of 16,562 topics). This Media Distribution is worse (more manipulative) than 91.40% of the peer group.
Media Distribution
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,964
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

91% percentile
025507510091.4% percentile
9.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 48.5%48.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 40.0%40.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 24.3%24.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.9%9.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 18.3%18.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 9.8%9.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 14.8%14.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 7.1%7.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 48.5%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 40.0%, sitewide 6.0%Framing Effect: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 24.3%, sitewide 0.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 18.3%, sitewide 3.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 11.1%Bandwagon: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Composition/Division: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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