Topic summary
⁠8%1 analyzed article/video817 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Policy Change results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Availability Heuristic, and Anecdotal, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 4.8% saturation with 117 hits. Analysis detected 502 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,451 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠45% (12,396 of 22,536 topics). This Policy Change is better (less manipulative) than 55.00% of the peer group.
Policy Change
Topic details
Total words: 2,451
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

45% percentile
025507510045.0% percentile
2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 4.8%4.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos