Topic summary
7%2 analyzed articles/videos2,377 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
02550751009.9% percentile
1.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles9.5K 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 1.5%1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.7%6.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.3%1.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.4%0.4%Recency BiasSitewide 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 EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos