Topic summary
0% 5 analyzed articles/videos 2,060 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ransom results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 12.7% saturation with 1,520 hits . Analysis detected 12,296 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,012 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 40% (10,072 of 16,562 topics). This Ransom is better (less manipulative) than 60.80% of the peer group. Ransom
Topic details
Total words: 12,012
Article count: 5
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
39% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 39.2% percentile 2.5% BS Score5 analyzed articles12K 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 7.3% 7.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.0% 11.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.9% 7.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.4% 0.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.7% 4.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Topic 4.7% 4.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Topic 1.0% 1.0% 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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 1.1% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst