Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video722 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Postal Law results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Slippery Slope, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 20.2% saturation with 437 hits. Analysis detected 3,010 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,166 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠77% (3,846 of 16,562 topics). This Postal Law is worse (more manipulative) than 76.80% of the peer group.
Postal Law
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠77%Postal Law (selected)6%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 2,166
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

77% percentile
025507510076.8% percentile
5.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.0%7.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 17.8%17.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 20.2%20.2%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 7.5%7.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 3.9%3.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 7.1%7.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.7%3.7%

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 20.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 17.8%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 4.0%Anecdotal: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.1%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Straw Man: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.9%Red Herring: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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