Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video1,097 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Population Control results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 21.7% saturation with 952 hits. Analysis detected 5,279 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,388 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 57% (7,001 of 16,251 topics). This Population Control is worse (more manipulative) than 56.90% of the peer group.
Population Control
Topic details
Total words: 4,388
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

57% percentile
025507510056.9% percentile
3.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.4K 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 8.1%8.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 21.7%21.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.2%6.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.8%10.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 7.5%7.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.6%10.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Topic 6.4%6.4%

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 8.1%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 21.7%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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