Topic summary
71% 21 analyzed articles/videos 12,121 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Scandals results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 8,578 hits . Analysis detected 67,608 faulty-reasoning hits from 59,462 analyzed words across 21 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 31% (10,877 of 15,772 topics). This Political Scandals is better (less manipulative) than 69.00% of the peer group. Political Scandals
Topic details
Total words: 59,462
Article count: 21
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
31% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 31.0% percentile 2.2% BS Score21 analyzed articles59.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 11.6% 11.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.9% 0.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 14.4% 14.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.2% 0.2% 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% Framing Effect: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 14.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.1% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Recency Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst