Topic summary
41% 27 analyzed articles/videos 12,164 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Obituaries results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 16.6% saturation with 11,288 hits . Analysis detected 57,807 faulty-reasoning hits from 67,828 analyzed words across 27 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (13,798 of 15,757 topics). This Obituaries is better (less manipulative) than 87.60% of the peer group. Obituaries
Topic details
Total words: 67,828
Article count: 27
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.4% percentile 1.7% BS Score27 analyzed articles67.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 16.6% 16.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.1% 7.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.3% 0.3% 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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 19.2% Halo Effect: Topic 16.6%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst