Topic summary
95%1 analyzed article/video348 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Stances results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Fundamental Attribution Error, and In-Group Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 16.6% saturation with 173 hits. Analysis detected 1,752 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,044 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of 81% (3,162 of 16,562 topics). This Political Stances is worse (more manipulative) than 80.90% of the peer group.
Political Stances
Topic details
Total words: 1,044
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

81% percentile
025507510080.9% percentile
5.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1K 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 15.8%15.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.5%9.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 11.2%11.2%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 11.5%11.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 16.6%16.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.3%8.3%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 6.3%6.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%

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 15.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 16.6%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 2.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 6.9%False Dilemma: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 3.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 6.3%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Begging the Question: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.2%Personal Incredulity: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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