Topic summary
28% 4 analyzed articles/videos 2,656 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Online Debates results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Unattributed Quote , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 7.1% saturation with 607 hits . Analysis detected 7,630 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,604 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 27% (12,110 of 16,562 topics). This Online Debates is better (less manipulative) than 73.10% of the peer group. Online Debates
Topic details
Total words: 8,604
Article count: 4
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
27% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 26.9% percentile 2.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.6% 5.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.0% 7.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Topic 6.1% 6.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Topic 3.9% 3.9% 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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 1.1% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.0% Burden of Proof: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.4% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.5% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst