Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video478 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Postal Worker results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Anecdotal, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 290 hits. Analysis detected 1,312 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,912 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 62% (6,334 of 16,559 topics). This Postal Worker is worse (more manipulative) than 61.80% of the peer group.
Postal Worker
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Topic details
Total words: 1,912
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510061.8% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K 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 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.9%4.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.2%15.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.8%2.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.6%2.6%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 6.5%6.5%

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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Bandwagon: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.5%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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