Topic summary
11%6 analyzed articles/videos4,954 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Spending results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 2,172 hits. Analysis detected 14,853 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,336 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 6% (14,889 of 15,753 topics). This Political Spending is better (less manipulative) than 94.50% of the peer group.
Political Spending

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

6% percentile
02550751005.5% percentile
1.4% BS Score6 analyzed articles23.3K 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 5.3%5.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.3%9.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.1%2.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%

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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate