Topic summary
0%3 analyzed articles/videos64 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Issues results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 12.2% saturation with 741 hits. Analysis detected 2,668 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,096 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 34% (10,664 of 15,988 topics). This Political Issues is better (less manipulative) than 66.70% of the peer group.
Political Issues
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 6,096
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

33% percentile
025507510033.3% percentile
2.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.1K 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 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 12.2%12.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.9%8.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.1%2.1%

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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.1%Straw Man: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate