Topic summary
15%6 analyzed articles/videos467 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Misconduct results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.2% saturation with 1,086 hits. Analysis detected 6,859 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,667 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 25% (12,545 of 16,558 topics). This Misconduct is better (less manipulative) than 75.80% of the peer group.
Misconduct

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

24% percentile
025507510024.2% percentile
2.0% BS Score6 analyzed articles9.7K 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 6.2%6.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.2%11.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.1%2.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 6.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate