Topic summary
21% 6 analyzed articles/videos 3,373 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Utilities results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 1,997 hits . Analysis detected 13,366 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,771 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 6% (14,598 of 15,526 topics). This Public Utilities is better (less manipulative) than 94.00% of the peer group. Public Utilities
Topic details
Total words: 19,771
Article count: 6
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.0% percentile 1.4% BS Score6 analyzed articles19.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 7.5% 7.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.1% 10.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.7% 0.7% 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 7.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst