Topic summary
⁠68%3 analyzed articles/videos1,615 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Middle East Policy results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23.1% saturation with 1,798 hits. Analysis detected 11,320 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,799 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠55% (7,164 of 15,758 topics). This Middle East Policy is worse (more manipulative) than 54.50% of the peer group.
Middle East Policy
Topic details
Total words: 7,799
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

55% percentile
025507510054.5% percentile
3.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.8K 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 7.6%7.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 23.1%23.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 8.1%8.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.6%13.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 7.6%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 23.1%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 2.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.5%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.7%Horn Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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