Topic summary
90%6 analyzed articles/videos3,120 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Extremism results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 27.7% saturation with 5,377 hits. Analysis detected 38,501 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,395 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of 65% (5,873 of 16,562 topics). This Political Extremism is worse (more manipulative) than 64.50% of the peer group.
Political Extremism
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

65% percentile
025507510064.5% percentile
3.8% BS Score6 analyzed articles19.4K 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 27.7%27.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 11.8%11.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 18.3%18.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 9.9%9.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.9%8.9%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 8.1%8.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.8%5.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 27.7%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.1%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 18.3%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 1.4%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.2%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 1.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate