Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video717 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mountain West News Bureau results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Appeal to Emotion, and Representativeness Heuristic, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 193 hits. Analysis detected 1,385 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,868 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (12,646 of 16,562 topics). This Mountain West News Bureau is better (less manipulative) than 76.40% of the peer group.
Mountain West News Bureau
Topic details
Total words: 2,868
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

24% percentile
025507510023.6% percentile
2.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K 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 1.3%1.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.2%3.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.2%2.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.3%0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.1%3.1%

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 1.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Nature: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.1%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.6%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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