Topic summary
⁠66%5 analyzed articles/videos3,028 analyzed words
BS Summary: These National Debt results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 1,282 hits. Analysis detected 16,822 faulty-reasoning hits from 14,548 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠39% (10,240 of 16,562 topics). This National Debt is better (less manipulative) than 61.80% of the peer group.
National Debt
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

38% percentile
025507510038.2% percentile
2.5% BS Score5 analyzed articles14.5K 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 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.5%8.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 7.1%7.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.2%0.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.8%7.8%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.9%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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