Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video786 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Military & Defense results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 20.7% saturation with 650 hits. Analysis detected 3,855 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,144 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of 73% (4,540 of 16,562 topics). This Military & Defense is worse (more manipulative) than 72.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

73% percentile
025507510072.6% percentile
4.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 11.7%11.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.5%10.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 20.7%20.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.2%10.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 15.4%15.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 10.3%10.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 20.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 15.4%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 0.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.1%Red Herring: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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