Topic summary
47% 6 analyzed articles/videos 2,601 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Officials results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Self-Serving Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 994 hits . Analysis detected 7,497 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,998 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 15% (13,126 of 15,326 topics). This Public Officials is better (less manipulative) than 85.60% of the peer group. Public Officials
Topic details
Total words: 10,998
Article count: 6
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 14.4% percentile 1.7% BS Score6 analyzed articles11K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.3% 6.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 9.0% 9.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.0% 0.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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 6.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.7% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
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