Topic summary
63% 6 analyzed articles/videos 2,659 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Appointments results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18% saturation with 1,721 hits . Analysis detected 11,620 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,577 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 50% (8,006 of 15,753 topics). This Political Appointments is better (less manipulative) than 50.80% of the peer group. Political Appointments
Topic details
Total words: 9,577
Article count: 6
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
49% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 49.2% percentile 3.0% BS Score6 analyzed articles9.6K analyzed words
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 12.3% 12.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 17.0% 17.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Topic 8.3% 8.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.4% 5.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 10.9% 10.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.6% 2.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.7% 0.7% 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% Framing Effect: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 18.0%, sitewide 19.2% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 2.0% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Indoctrination: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst