Topic summary
0%7 analyzed articles/videos3,086 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Reflecting Pool results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 30.4% saturation with 6,847 hits. Analysis detected 36,162 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,536 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 53% (7,896 of 16,562 topics). This Reflecting Pool is worse (more manipulative) than 52.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

52% percentile
025507510052.3% percentile
3.1% BS Score7 analyzed articles22.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 30.4%30.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 4.6%4.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 8.6%8.6%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 9.1%9.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 14.2%14.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.8%14.8%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 30.4%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 2.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Straw Man: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.9%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate