Topic summary
9%4 analyzed articles/videos1,596 analyzed words
BS Summary: These School Shooting results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.7% saturation with 292 hits. Analysis detected 2,254 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,150 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 9% (14,735 of 16,102 topics). This School Shooting is better (less manipulative) than 91.50% of the peer group.
School Shooting
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 6,150
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

9% percentile
02550751008.5% percentile
1.5% BS Score4 analyzed articles6.2K 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 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.8%4.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.2%0.2%

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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.4%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate