Topic summary
⁠65%1 analyzed article/video592 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pests results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 21.3% saturation with 379 hits. Analysis detected 1,973 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,776 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5% and a BS Rank of ⁠77% (3,957 of 16,562 topics). This Pests is worse (more manipulative) than 76.10% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,776
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

76% percentile
025507510076.1% percentile
5.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K 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 8.1%8.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 7.2%7.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.5%2.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 4.7%4.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.5%2.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 21.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 1.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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