Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video677 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scavenging results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Representativeness Heuristic, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 21.7% saturation with 587 hits. Analysis detected 2,654 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,708 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (4,964 of 16,562 topics). This Scavenging is worse (more manipulative) than 70.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,708
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510070.0% percentile
4.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K 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 5.7%5.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 21.7%21.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.0%7.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.1%0.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 6.0%6.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%

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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 21.7%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 6.0%, sitewide 0.8%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.5%Straw Man: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.4%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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