Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos776 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mermaid Parade results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 17.5% saturation with 544 hits. Analysis detected 3,989 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,104 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠64% (5,969 of 16,562 topics). This Mermaid Parade is worse (more manipulative) than 64.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 3,104
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510064.0% percentile
3.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.1K 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 11.3%11.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.6%6.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 13.8%13.8%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 7.6%7.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 7.2%7.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 5.7%5.7%

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 11.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.5%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.8%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 8.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 0.5%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%Loss Aversion: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 2.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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