Topic summary
⁠86%2 analyzed articles/videos1,565 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mudslides results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 27.7% saturation with 1,301 hits. Analysis detected 3,711 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,695 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠64% (5,932 of 16,198 topics). This Mudslides is worse (more manipulative) than 63.40% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 4,695
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

63% percentile
025507510063.4% percentile
3.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.7K 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 11.3%11.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 27.7%27.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.4%0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.4%0.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.4%3.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.8%2.8%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 27.7%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Nature: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.2%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos