Topic summary
73%3 analyzed articles/videos992 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Power Outage results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Self-Serving Bias, and Anecdotal, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 21.5% saturation with 683 hits. Analysis detected 4,438 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,178 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 69% (5,260 of 16,562 topics). This Power Outage is worse (more manipulative) than 68.20% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 3,178
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

68% percentile
025507510068.2% percentile
4.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles3.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 10.3%10.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 21.5%21.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 10.0%10.0%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 5.2%5.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.7%3.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%

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 21.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 3.7%Anecdotal: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.3%Red Herring: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 0.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.4%Tu Quoque: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate