Topic summary
⁠57%5 analyzed articles/videos7,084 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Music History results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 1,881 hits. Analysis detected 17,700 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,118 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (14,838 of 16,562 topics). This Music History is better (less manipulative) than 89.60% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.4% percentile
1.6% BS Score5 analyzed articles23.1K 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 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.0%2.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos