Topic summary
⁠12%2 analyzed articles/videos644 analyzed words
BS Summary: These On This Day results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.7% saturation with 845 hits. Analysis detected 1,806 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,373 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠27% (12,197 of 16,562 topics). This On This Day is better (less manipulative) than 73.60% of the peer group.
On This Day
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 5,373
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510026.4% percentile
2.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.4K 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 2.1%2.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.7%15.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.5%0.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos