Topic summary
⁠53%4 analyzed articles/videos2,940 analyzed words
BS Summary: These National Defense Authorization Act results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 22.1% saturation with 2,194 hits. Analysis detected 14,704 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,943 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠59% (6,563 of 15,758 topics). This National Defense Authorization Act is worse (more manipulative) than 58.40% of the peer group.
National Defense Authorization Act
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠59%National Defense Authorization Act (selected)4%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 9,943
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

58% percentile
025507510058.4% percentile
3.4% BS Score4 analyzed articles9.9K 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 8.7%8.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 22.1%22.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 10.5%10.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.2%8.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 14.1%14.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.7%13.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 8.7%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 22.1%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.1%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 1.4%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate