Topic summary
⁠68%3 analyzed articles/videos2,614 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Senate Hearings results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.7% saturation with 1,660 hits. Analysis detected 10,424 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,963 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠36% (10,211 of 15,780 topics). This Senate Hearings is better (less manipulative) than 64.70% of the peer group.
Senate Hearings
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 9,963
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

35% percentile
025507510035.3% percentile
2.4% BS Score3 analyzed articles10K 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 10.2%10.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 14.1%14.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.3%7.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%

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 10.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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