Topic summary
7% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,377 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Corruption results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Ambiguity (Equivocation) , and Self-Serving Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 634 hits . Analysis detected 2,607 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,508 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 10% (20,876 of 23,175 topics). This Public Corruption is better (less manipulative) than 90.10% of the peer group. Public Corruption
Topic details
Total words: 9,508
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.9% percentile 1.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles9.5K 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 1.5% 1.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.7% 6.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Topic 0.3% 0.3% 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 1.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.8% Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Begging the Question: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.1% Burden of Proof: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.4% Red Herring: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.7% Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.2% Indoctrination: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst