Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video636 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Reporting results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Hasty Generalization, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 35.5% saturation with 452 hits. Analysis detected 2,136 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,272 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of ⁠82% (2,985 of 16,562 topics). This Media Reporting is worse (more manipulative) than 82.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,272
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

82% percentile
025507510082.0% percentile
6.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.3K 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 1.1%1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 35.5%35.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 14.9%14.9%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.1%10.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.6%3.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 4.4%4.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.8%7.8%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Topic 2.9%2.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 5.4%5.4%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 35.5%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.1%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.9%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 7.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 5.2%Halo Effect: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.4%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Tu Quoque: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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