Topic summary
⁠57%1 analyzed article/video657 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Salt results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Confirmation Bias, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 256 hits. Analysis detected 2,006 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,971 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠57% (7,247 of 16,559 topics). This Salt is worse (more manipulative) than 56.20% of the peer group.
Salt
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠57%Salt (selected)4%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 1,971
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

56% percentile
025507510056.2% percentile
3.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.7%3.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 13.0%13.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.4%0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.1%9.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.5%3.5%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 3.4%3.4%

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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 15.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 4.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.4%Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Special Pleading: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.3%Recency Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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