Topic summary
71%1 analyzed article/video1,162 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Moderate Politics results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 664 hits. Analysis detected 4,505 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,648 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 34% (10,465 of 15,689 topics). This Moderate Politics is better (less manipulative) than 66.70% of the peer group.
Moderate Politics
Topic details
Total words: 4,648
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

33% percentile
025507510033.3% percentile
2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.6K 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 14.3%14.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.2%0.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 14.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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