Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,058 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Policy Ish results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 42.3% saturation with 1,343 hits. Analysis detected 9,054 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,174 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (1,655 of 16,562 topics). This Policy Ish is worse (more manipulative) than 90.00% of the peer group.
Policy Ish
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Topic details
Total words: 3,174
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

90% percentile
025507510090.0% percentile
8.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 42.3%42.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 40.6%40.6%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 19.4%19.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 24.3%24.3%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 13.8%13.8%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 13.1%13.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 16.0%16.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 8.8%8.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 42.3%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 40.6%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 21.1%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 24.3%, sitewide 11.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 19.4%, sitewide 2.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 16.0%, sitewide 6.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 13.8%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 3.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 12.5%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%False Dilemma: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 1.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Begging the Question: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Straw Man: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 0.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Nature: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateTopic rate

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