Topic summary
⁠99%2 analyzed articles/videos1,015 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Reform results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Out-Group Homogeneity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 26.9% saturation with 1,173 hits. Analysis detected 9,759 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,354 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠86% (2,472 of 16,562 topics). This Political Reform is worse (more manipulative) than 85.10% of the peer group.
Political Reform
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Topic details
Total words: 4,354
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

85% percentile
025507510085.1% percentile
6.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 15.6%15.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 15.0%15.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 26.9%26.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Topic 10.4%10.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 14.0%14.0%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 8.4%8.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 26.1%26.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 8.9%8.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 26.9%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Topic 15.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 26.1%, sitewide 19.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 15.6%, sitewide 3.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Horn Effect: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 1.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 6.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 2.2%Straw Man: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 0.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.9%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.0%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.4%Middle Ground: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateTopic rate

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