Topic summary
⁠97%3 analyzed articles/videos3,982 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Senate Confirmations results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 27.2% saturation with 3,244 hits. Analysis detected 25,259 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,946 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (5,014 of 16,562 topics). This Senate Confirmations is worse (more manipulative) than 69.70% of the peer group.
Senate Confirmations
Topic details
Total words: 11,946
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510069.7% percentile
4.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles11.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 27.2%27.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 12.3%12.3%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 10.6%10.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 24.9%24.9%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.7%7.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 12.2%12.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.2%13.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.2%6.2%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 27.2%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 24.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 6.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 1.4%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.1%Begging the Question: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos