Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video762 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mercenaries results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 21.6% saturation with 659 hits. Analysis detected 2,861 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,048 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠68% (5,285 of 16,345 topics). This Mercenaries is worse (more manipulative) than 67.70% of the peer group.
Mercenaries
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 3,048
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

68% percentile
025507510067.7% percentile
4.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles3K 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 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.6%5.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 16.1%16.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.1%4.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 5.1%5.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.3%3.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.2%2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.3%2.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 21.6%21.6%

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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 21.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 16.1%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Begging the Question: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.1%Red Herring: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.7%Special Pleading: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.3%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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