Topic summary
0%8 analyzed articles/videos413 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Races results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 48.5% saturation with 1,097 hits. Analysis detected 5,147 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,264 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.5% and a BS Rank of 84% (2,657 of 16,442 topics). This Races is worse (more manipulative) than 83.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

84% percentile
025507510083.8% percentile
6.5% BS Score8 analyzed articles2.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 29.1%29.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 48.5%48.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.6%5.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 9.4%9.4%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 9.1%9.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 8.0%8.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 14.3%14.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 8.1%8.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Framing Effect: Topic 48.5%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 29.1%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 21.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 9.4%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 9.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 1.4%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%False Dilemma: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 1.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.4%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 4.6%Primacy Effect: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.9%Bandwagon: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate