Topic summary
74%7 analyzed articles/videos6,558 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Prisons results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 10% saturation with 2,224 hits. Analysis detected 20,701 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,173 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 19% (12,842 of 15,772 topics). This Prisons is better (less manipulative) than 81.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510018.6% percentile
1.9% BS Score7 analyzed articles22.2K 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 4.9%4.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.5%8.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate