Topic summary
⁠52%3 analyzed articles/videos1,464 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Politics & Elections results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 889 hits. Analysis detected 8,218 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,677 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠35% (10,266 of 15,766 topics). This Politics & Elections is better (less manipulative) than 65.10% of the peer group.
Politics & Elections
Topic details
Total words: 8,677
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

35% percentile
025507510034.9% percentile
2.4% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.7K 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 5.0%5.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.3%10.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.4%9.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 5.4%5.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.2%2.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.1%6.1%

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 10.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.1%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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