Topic summary
78%4 analyzed articles/videos1,346 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Events results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Anecdotal, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 27.5% saturation with 2,174 hits. Analysis detected 12,168 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,908 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of 64% (6,037 of 16,562 topics). This Political Events is worse (more manipulative) than 63.60% of the peer group.
Political Events
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 7,908
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510063.6% percentile
3.8% BS Score4 analyzed articles7.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 27.5%27.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 11.3%11.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.1%7.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 9.2%9.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 6.2%6.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 9.3%9.3%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 27.5%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 20.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 2.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate