Topic summary
⁠69%3 analyzed articles/videos760 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Senate Confirmation Hearings results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 21.7% saturation with 1,118 hits. Analysis detected 6,968 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,159 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠57% (7,217 of 16,562 topics). This Senate Confirmation Hearings is worse (more manipulative) than 56.40% of the peer group.
Senate Confirmation Hearings
Topic details
Total words: 5,159
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

56% percentile
025507510056.4% percentile
3.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles5.2K 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 9.4%9.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 21.7%21.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.8%9.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.2%0.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 6.8%6.8%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Topic 4.9%4.9%

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 9.4%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 21.7%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 2.0%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 2.2%Tu Quoque: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 0.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos