Topic summary
4% 7 analyzed articles/videos 3,400 analyzed words
BS Summary: These National Politics results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7% saturation with 1,112 hits . Analysis detected 6,765 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,964 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 2% (15,196 of 15,476 topics). This National Politics is better (less manipulative) than 98.20% of the peer group. National Politics
Topic details
Total words: 15,964
Article count: 7
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.8% percentile 1.1% BS Score7 analyzed articles16K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.9% 4.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 7.0% 7.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.6% 1.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.0% 2.0% 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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst