Topic summary
43% 12 analyzed articles/videos 18,214 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pollution results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.7% saturation with 7,965 hits . Analysis detected 51,230 faulty-reasoning hits from 74,109 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (15,726 of 16,562 topics). This Pollution is better (less manipulative) than 95.00% of the peer group. Pollution
Topic details
Total words: 74,109
Article count: 12
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.0% percentile 1.4% BS Score12 analyzed articles74.1K 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 4.9% 4.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.9% 4.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.8% 10.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst