Topic summary
97%1 analyzed article/video1,094 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Institutions results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 14.5% saturation with 475 hits. Analysis detected 5,284 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,282 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 66% (5,627 of 16,562 topics). This Political Institutions is worse (more manipulative) than 66.00% of the peer group.
Political Institutions
Topic details
Total words: 3,282
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

66% percentile
025507510066.0% percentile
3.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.3K 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 13.2%13.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.6%8.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 14.5%14.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 8.7%8.7%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 7.0%7.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.6%6.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.2%4.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.1%5.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.0%12.0%

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 13.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 2.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 8.1%Straw Man: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 0.9%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 3.1%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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