Topic summary
80%7 analyzed articles/videos1,866 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Playstation results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 20.3% saturation with 1,979 hits. Analysis detected 13,323 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,741 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 60% (6,603 of 16,504 topics). This Playstation is worse (more manipulative) than 60.00% of the peer group.
Playstation

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510060.0% percentile
3.5% BS Score7 analyzed articles9.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 20.3%20.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 8.4%8.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.5%7.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.4%4.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 14.3%14.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 8.3%8.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 20.3%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 8.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 4.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 2.5%Anecdotal: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Bandwagon: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate