Topic summary
⁠58%5 analyzed articles/videos2,091 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Investigations results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.6% saturation with 1,241 hits. Analysis detected 10,862 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,695 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠32% (10,567 of 15,480 topics). This Political Investigations is better (less manipulative) than 68.30% of the peer group.
Political Investigations

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

32% percentile
025507510031.7% percentile
2.3% BS Score5 analyzed articles10.7K 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 11.5%11.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.6%8.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.6%11.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.7%3.7%

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 11.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos