Topic summary
⁠100%1 analyzed article/video210 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Senate Investigation results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 40% saturation with 336 hits. Analysis detected 2,010 faulty-reasoning hits from 840 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠93% (1,803 of 23,747 topics). This Senate Investigation is worse (more manipulative) than 92.40% of the peer group.
Senate Investigation
Topic details
Total words: 840
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

92% percentile
025507510092.4% percentile
8.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles840 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 40.0%40.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.5%9.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 23.9%23.9%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 15.9%15.9%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 8.6%8.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 8.2%8.2%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 6.9%6.9%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 8.2%8.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 7.7%7.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.7%5.7%

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 40.0%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 23.9%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 15.9%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hindsight Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 1.4%Begging the Question: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 1.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 0.4%Halo Effect: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 6.4%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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