Topic summary
⁠49%4 analyzed articles/videos646 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Figures results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Halo Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.8% saturation with 691 hits. Analysis detected 6,232 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,400 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠53% (7,802 of 16,562 topics). This Political Figures is worse (more manipulative) than 52.90% of the peer group.
Political Figures
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

53% percentile
025507510052.9% percentile
3.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles5.4K 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 9.7%9.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.8%12.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.4%5.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 6.1%6.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.3%12.3%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.4%Red Herring: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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