Topic summary
⁠0%3 analyzed articles/videos2,253 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michigan Senate Race results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Ad Hominem, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 972 hits. Analysis detected 11,402 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,012 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (8,927 of 15,361 topics). This Michigan Senate Race is better (less manipulative) than 58.10% of the peer group.
Michigan Senate Race
Topic details
Total words: 9,012
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

42% percentile
025507510041.9% percentile
2.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles9K 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 9.8%9.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.7%10.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 8.9%8.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 7.8%7.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.3%2.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 9.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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