Topic summary
26%1 analyzed article/video1,843 analyzed words
BS Summary: These New Bedford results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.5% saturation with 305 hits. Analysis detected 2,226 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,529 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 7% (15,529 of 16,562 topics). This New Bedford is better (less manipulative) than 93.80% of the peer group.
New Bedford
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 5,529
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

6% percentile
02550751006.2% percentile
1.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.5K 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 3.2%3.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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