Topic summary
85%2 analyzed articles/videos1,206 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Murder Investigation results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 25.5% saturation with 923 hits. Analysis detected 4,912 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,618 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 66% (5,663 of 16,228 topics). This Murder Investigation is worse (more manipulative) than 65.10% of the peer group.
Murder Investigation
Topic details
Total words: 3,618
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

65% percentile
025507510065.1% percentile
3.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.6K 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 7.3%7.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 25.5%25.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.4%7.4%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 6.7%6.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.1%0.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 6.6%6.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.3%7.3%

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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9%Halo Effect: Topic 25.5%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 15.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 6.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Red Herring: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.4%Recency Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Horn Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate