Topic summary
⁠50%1 analyzed article/video399 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Personnel Appointments results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Optimism Bias, and In-Group Bias, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 19.3% saturation with 308 hits. Analysis detected 1,496 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,596 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠76% (4,079 of 16,562 topics). This Personnel Appointments is worse (more manipulative) than 75.40% of the peer group.
Personnel Appointments
Topic details
Total words: 1,596
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

75% percentile
025507510075.4% percentile
4.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K 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 6.5%6.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.9%2.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 19.3%19.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 15.7%15.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 8.3%8.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Halo Effect: Topic 19.3%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 15.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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