Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video591 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Missing Person Investigation results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 42.9% saturation with 761 hits. Analysis detected 3,172 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,773 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠92% (1,325 of 16,562 topics). This Missing Person Investigation is worse (more manipulative) than 92.00% of the peer group.
Missing Person Investigation
Topic details
Total words: 1,773
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

92% percentile
025507510092.0% percentile
9.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 42.9%42.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 41.5%41.5%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 12.9%12.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.6%1.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 15.4%15.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 4.3%4.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 9.6%9.6%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 42.9%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Topic 41.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 15.4%, sitewide 11.1%Bandwagon: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 4.6%Burden of Proof: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateTopic rate

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