Topic summary
85% 9 analyzed articles/videos 4,392 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Power Outages results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Authority , and Availability Heuristic , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 29.6% saturation with 4,508 hits . Analysis detected 18,796 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,223 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 54% (7,648 of 16,562 topics). This Power Outages is worse (more manipulative) than 53.80% of the peer group. Power Outages
Topic details
Total words: 15,223
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
54% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 53.8% percentile 3.2% BS Score9 analyzed articles15.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 14.2% 14.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 29.6% 29.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 9.1% 9.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.3% 1.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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% Negativity Bias: Topic 29.6%, sitewide 19.2% Framing Effect: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 6.0% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 1.9% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 4.0% Loss Aversion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.5% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst