Topic summary
93%1 analyzed article/video709 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Motivation results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 24% saturation with 511 hits. Analysis detected 3,206 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,127 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.6% and a BS Rank of 80% (3,320 of 16,562 topics). This Political Motivation is worse (more manipulative) than 80.00% of the peer group.
Political Motivation
Topic details
Total words: 2,127
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

80% percentile
025507510080.0% percentile
5.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.1K 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 14.0%14.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 10.5%10.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 24.0%24.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 12.5%12.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.9%4.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.3%6.3%

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 14.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 24.0%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.8%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 12.5%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Straw Man: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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