Topic summary
37% 6 analyzed articles/videos 4,185 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Road Safety results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Hasty Generalization , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 1,339 hits . Analysis detected 14,956 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,795 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 29% (11,859 of 16,562 topics). This Road Safety is better (less manipulative) than 71.60% of the peer group. Road Safety
Topic details
Total words: 15,795
Article count: 6
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
28% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 28.4% percentile 2.2% BS Score6 analyzed articles15.8K 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% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.5% 8.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.3% 7.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.7% 5.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 4.4% 4.4% 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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.3%, sitewide 3.3% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.4% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Indoctrination: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst