Topic summary
65% 14 analyzed articles/videos 8,887 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pentagon results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.2% saturation with 5,301 hits . Analysis detected 40,577 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,117 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 20% (12,489 of 15,555 topics). This Pentagon is better (less manipulative) than 80.30% of the peer group. Pentagon
Topic details
Total words: 40,117
Article count: 14
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.7% percentile 1.9% BS Score14 analyzed articles40.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.6% 9.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.7% 5.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 13.2% 13.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.1% 5.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.4% 9.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% 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 9.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Slippery Slope: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst