Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video615 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Retirements results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 21.6% saturation with 532 hits. Analysis detected 2,638 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,460 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of 70% (4,766 of 15,844 topics). This Retirements is worse (more manipulative) than 69.90% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,460
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510069.9% percentile
4.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K 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 8.9%8.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 21.6%21.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.1%7.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 15.3%15.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.4%12.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.0%6.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 6.2%6.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 2.1%2.1%

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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 21.6%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 15.3%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.5%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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