Topic summary
⁠37%3 analyzed articles/videos1,156 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Issues & Policy results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10% saturation with 818 hits. Analysis detected 6,776 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,149 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠23% (12,803 of 16,558 topics). This Political Issues & Policy is better (less manipulative) than 77.30% of the peer group.
Political Issues & Policy
Topic details
Total words: 8,149
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

23% percentile
025507510022.7% percentile
2.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.1K 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 9.3%9.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.2%3.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.0%10.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.5%6.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 9.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos