Topic summary
14% 2 analyzed articles/videos 551 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Salmonella results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Availability Heuristic , with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 6% saturation with 100 hits . Analysis detected 633 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,653 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 28% (12,023 of 16,562 topics). This Salmonella is better (less manipulative) than 72.60% of the peer group. Salmonella
Topic details
Total words: 1,653
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
27% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 27.4% percentile 2.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles1.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.4% 5.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 6.0% 6.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 5% 5% 10% 10% 15% 15% 20% 20% 25% 25% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5% Indoctrination: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.8% Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst