Topic summary
69% 901 analyzed articles/videos 484,275 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Politics results contain 55 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 262,125 hits . Analysis detected 2,399,244 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,376,717 analyzed words across 901 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 18% (12,971 of 15,769 topics). This Politics is better (less manipulative) than 82.30% of the peer group. Politics
Topic details
Total words: 2,376,717
Article count: 901
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
18% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 17.7% percentile 1.8% BS Score901 analyzed articles2.4M analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 10.2% 10.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.4% 6.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.0% 11.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.9% 0.9% 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 10.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst