Topic summary
⁠6%3 analyzed articles/videos1,241 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Missile Attack results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.8% saturation with 512 hits. Analysis detected 3,639 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,551 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠21% (13,208 of 16,562 topics). This Missile Attack is better (less manipulative) than 79.70% of the peer group.
Missile Attack
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

20% percentile
025507510020.3% percentile
1.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.6K 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 5.6%5.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.8%7.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.1%7.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.4%1.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos