Topic summary
⁠83%2 analyzed articles/videos620 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pedestrian Fatality results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Halo Effect, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 19.1% saturation with 459 hits. Analysis detected 1,849 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,405 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠60% (6,669 of 16,562 topics). This Pedestrian Fatality is worse (more manipulative) than 59.70% of the peer group.
Pedestrian Fatality
Topic details
Total words: 2,405
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510059.7% percentile
3.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.4K 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 2.6%2.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 15.2%15.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.8%1.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.9%15.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 19.1%19.1%

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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 19.1%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Nature: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos