Topic summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video584 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Proposition 36 results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 14.6% saturation with 340 hits. Analysis detected 2,618 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,336 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (6,107 of 15,752 topics). This Proposition 36 is worse (more manipulative) than 61.20% of the peer group.
Proposition 36
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Topic details
Total words: 2,336
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

61% percentile
025507510061.2% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 14.6%14.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 13.3%13.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 7.1%7.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.0%14.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.3%11.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.3%2.3%

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 13.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 14.6%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 1.4%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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