Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos963 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Potomac River results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Optimism Bias, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 456 hits. Analysis detected 5,270 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,848 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (11,464 of 15,757 topics). This Potomac River is better (less manipulative) than 72.80% of the peer group.
Potomac River
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 6,848
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

27% percentile
025507510027.2% percentile
2.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.8K 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 6.1%6.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.7%6.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.1%5.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Topic 2.8%2.8%

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 6.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Nature: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Red Herring: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos