Topic summary
74% 1 analyzed article/video 914 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Op Ed results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Negativity Bias , and Biased Writer Voice , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 20.6% saturation with 566 hits . Analysis detected 3,173 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,742 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 69% (5,202 of 16,562 topics). This Op Ed is worse (more manipulative) than 68.60% of the peer group. Op Ed
Topic details
Total words: 2,742
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
69% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 68.6% percentile 4.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K 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 8.2% 8.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 20.6% 20.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.4% 7.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 12.1% 12.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 10.9% 10.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 12.5% 12.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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% Framing Effect: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 26.9% Hasty Generalization: Topic 20.6%, sitewide 8.1% Negativity Bias: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Topic 12.5%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% In-Group Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.0% Begging the Question: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8% Indoctrination: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% False Dilemma: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.5% Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst