Topic summary
⁠66%2 analyzed articles/videos723 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pandemic results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13.5% saturation with 931 hits. Analysis detected 5,408 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,882 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (11,884 of 15,488 topics). This Pandemic is better (less manipulative) than 76.70% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 6,882
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

23% percentile
025507510023.3% percentile
2.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.9K 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 13.5%13.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.1%8.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.2%3.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 13.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.1%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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