Topic summary
11%8 analyzed articles/videos4,146 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Phishing results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 1,419 hits. Analysis detected 14,486 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,813 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 12% (14,071 of 15,839 topics). This Phishing is better (less manipulative) than 88.80% of the peer group.
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510011.2% percentile
1.6% BS Score8 analyzed articles22.8K 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 3.2%3.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.5%5.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.2%6.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.3%2.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate