Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video376 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Patronage results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Slippery Slope, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 24.9% saturation with 375 hits. Analysis detected 2,155 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,504 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠81% (3,205 of 16,562 topics). This Political Patronage is worse (more manipulative) than 80.70% of the peer group.
Political Patronage
Topic details
Total words: 1,504
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

81% percentile
025507510080.7% percentile
5.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K 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 12.7%12.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 24.9%24.9%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 9.2%9.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.9%6.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 5.8%5.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.7%6.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 4.1%4.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 12.7%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 24.9%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 20.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 11.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 5.8%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.0%Begging the Question: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Straw Man: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Nature: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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