Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 94 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Reading results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Appeal to Authority , and Bandwagon , with In-Group Bias as the most egregious example at 46.1% saturation with 130 hits . Analysis detected 749 faulty-reasoning hits from 282 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 16.6% and a BS Rank of 98% (407 of 16,562 topics). This Reading is worse (more manipulative) than 97.50% of the peer group. Reading
Topic details
Total words: 282
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
98% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 97.5% percentile 16.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles282 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 46.1% 46.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 29.4% 29.4% Bandwagon Sitewide 2.2% Topic 24.8% 24.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 27.3% 27.3% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Topic 17.0% 17.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 15.3% 15.3% Primacy Effect Sitewide 0.9% Topic 10.6% 10.6% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Topic 8.9% 8.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 14.5% 14.5% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 20.6% 20.6% 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% In-Group Bias: Topic 46.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 29.4%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Authority: Topic 27.3%, sitewide 11.1% Framing Effect: Topic 20.6%, sitewide 26.9% Bandwagon: Topic 24.8%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 19.1%, sitewide 15.9% Recency Bias: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 2.7% Anchoring Bias: Topic 15.3%, sitewide 4.0% Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 7.5% Primacy Effect: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 0.9% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1% Status Quo Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 2.2% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 3.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 4.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst