Topic summary
66%32 analyzed articles/videos14,903 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Middle East Politics results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 10,017 hits. Analysis detected 95,528 faulty-reasoning hits from 88,977 analyzed words across 32 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 23% (12,217 of 15,788 topics). This Middle East Politics is better (less manipulative) than 77.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

23% percentile
025507510022.6% percentile
2.0% BS Score32 analyzed articles89K 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 4.4%4.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.3%11.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.1%10.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 9.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.5%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate