Topic summary
34%1 analyzed article/video651 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Policy Positions results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Optimism Bias, and Framing Effect, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 5.6% saturation with 145 hits. Analysis detected 1,111 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,604 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 45% (12,653 of 22,715 topics). This Policy Positions is better (less manipulative) than 55.70% of the peer group.
Policy Positions
Topic details
Total words: 2,604
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

44% percentile
025507510044.3% percentile
2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K 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 3.9%3.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%Middle GroundSitewide 0.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 5.4%5.4%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Middle Ground: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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