Topic summary
60%7 analyzed articles/videos4,628 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Private Prisons results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 2,452 hits. Analysis detected 18,591 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,401 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 16% (13,941 of 16,562 topics). This Private Prisons is better (less manipulative) than 84.20% of the peer group.
Private Prisons

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510015.8% percentile
1.8% BS Score7 analyzed articles21.4K 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 8.8%8.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.7%6.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.5%11.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%

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 8.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate