Topic summary
⁠84%1 analyzed article/video903 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rail Transportation results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Framing Effect, and False Dilemma, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.2% saturation with 386 hits. Analysis detected 2,418 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,709 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (6,433 of 16,562 topics). This Rail Transportation is worse (more manipulative) than 61.20% of the peer group.
Rail Transportation
Topic details
Total words: 2,709
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

61% percentile
025507510061.2% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K 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 9.2%9.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.2%3.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.3%14.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 6.1%6.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%

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 9.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%False Dilemma: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.4%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.6%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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