Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,934 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media History results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 8.3% saturation with 1,809 hits. Analysis detected 10,640 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,908 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (15,830 of 16,559 topics). This Media History is better (less manipulative) than 95.60% of the peer group.
Media History
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 21,908
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

4% percentile
02550751004.4% percentile
1.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles21.9K 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 1.7%1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.4%2.4%

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 1.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos