Topic summary
58% 19 analyzed articles/videos 14,382 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Missouri Politics results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Negativity Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 5,312 hits . Analysis detected 40,378 faulty-reasoning hits from 50,107 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 9% (15,159 of 16,562 topics). This Missouri Politics is better (less manipulative) than 91.50% of the peer group. Missouri Politics
Topic details
Total words: 50,107
Article count: 19
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
9% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.5% percentile 1.5% BS Score19 analyzed articles50.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.1% 9.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 10.6% 10.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 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 9.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Slippery Slope: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst