Topic summary
⁠34%3 analyzed articles/videos277 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Passenger Rail results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 692 hits. Analysis detected 4,829 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,148 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠34% (10,937 of 16,562 topics). This Passenger Rail is better (less manipulative) than 66.00% of the peer group.
Passenger Rail
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Topic details
Total words: 6,148
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

34% percentile
025507510034.0% percentile
2.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.1K 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 6.0%6.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 11.3%11.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.2%4.2%

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 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Bandwagon: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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