Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video611 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Politically Speaking results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Halo Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 20.2% saturation with 371 hits. Analysis detected 3,916 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,833 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠88% (2,053 of 16,312 topics). This Politically Speaking is worse (more manipulative) than 87.40% of the peer group.
Politically Speaking
Topic details
Total words: 1,833
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

87% percentile
025507510087.4% percentile
7.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 19.8%19.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 20.2%20.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 14.1%14.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 17.2%17.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 10.6%10.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.7%10.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 8.4%8.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 6.6%6.6%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 5.8%5.8%

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 14.1%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 20.2%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 19.8%, sitewide 4.6%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.3%, sitewide 19.2%Halo Effect: Topic 17.2%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 6.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 8.4%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 7.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.7%Personal Incredulity: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 0.2%Bandwagon: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 4.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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