Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video509 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Offense results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Recency Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 31.2% saturation with 477 hits. Analysis detected 4,764 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,527 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (1,652 of 16,562 topics). This Offense is worse (more manipulative) than 90.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,527
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

90% percentile
025507510090.0% percentile
8.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 31.2%31.2%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 16.4%16.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 21.1%21.1%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Topic 13.8%13.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 16.2%16.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 29.9%29.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 16.3%16.3%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 8.4%8.4%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 9.8%9.8%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 10.4%10.4%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 31.2%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 29.9%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 16.3%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 21.1%, sitewide 7.5%Recency Bias: Topic 16.4%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 16.2%, sitewide 4.0%Special Pleading: Topic 13.8%, sitewide 0.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 6.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 3.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 2.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 6.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 9.1%Straw Man: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 0.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Red Herring: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 0.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 1.5%Halo Effect: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 6.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.0%, sitewide 3.3%Bandwagon: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 2.2%Middle Ground: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 0.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateTopic rate

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