Topic summary
⁠82%2 analyzed articles/videos831 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rumors results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Confirmation Bias, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 390 hits. Analysis detected 4,477 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,212 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠45% (9,165 of 16,562 topics). This Rumors is better (less manipulative) than 55.30% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 4,212
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

45% percentile
025507510044.7% percentile
2.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.2K 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 5.3%5.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.6%8.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 9.3%9.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.6%6.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.9%1.9%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 9.3%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 5.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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