Topic summary
70% 24 analyzed articles/videos 15,893 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Senate results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 7,797 hits . Analysis detected 67,111 faulty-reasoning hits from 65,870 analyzed words across 24 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 21% (12,573 of 15,753 topics). This Senate is better (less manipulative) than 79.80% of the peer group. Senate
Topic details
Total words: 65,870
Article count: 24
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 20.2% percentile 1.9% BS Score24 analyzed articles65.9K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 10.7% 10.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.3% 8.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.8% 11.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.3% 2.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.2% 9.2% 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 10.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst