Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,337 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Merger results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 29.1% saturation with 1,168 hits. Analysis detected 8,151 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,011 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5% and a BS Rank of ⁠76% (4,054 of 16,562 topics). This Merger is worse (more manipulative) than 75.50% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 4,011
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

76% percentile
025507510075.5% percentile
5.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 23.6%23.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.6%9.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.6%1.6%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.5%7.5%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 14.2%14.2%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Topic 2.9%2.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 4.3%4.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 29.1%29.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 10.2%10.2%

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 29.1%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 23.6%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 15.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 9.1%Bandwagon: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 6.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 5.3%Slippery Slope: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.7%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 3.7%Begging the Question: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.5%Composition/Division: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos