Topic summary
⁠12%1 analyzed article/video2,533 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Forums results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 4.1% saturation with 411 hits. Analysis detected 2,831 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,132 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (23,012 of 23,418 topics). This Political Forums is better (less manipulative) than 98.30% of the peer group.
Political Forums
Topic details
Total words: 10,132
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

2% percentile
02550751001.7% percentile
0.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles10.1K 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 0.7%0.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.2%2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 0.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.5%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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