Topic summary
⁠46%6 analyzed articles/videos4,853 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Ethics results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Confirmation Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 1,301 hits. Analysis detected 11,689 faulty-reasoning hits from 14,559 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (13,451 of 16,562 topics). This Media Ethics is better (less manipulative) than 81.20% of the peer group.
Media Ethics
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 14,559
Article count: 6
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510018.8% percentile
1.9% BS Score6 analyzed articles14.6K 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 4.0%4.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos