Topic summary
88%6 analyzed articles/videos1,242 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Senate Races results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 30.1% saturation with 4,744 hits. Analysis detected 23,145 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,757 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 51% (8,199 of 16,562 topics). This Senate Races is worse (more manipulative) than 50.50% of the peer group.
Senate Races
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

51% percentile
025507510050.5% percentile
3.0% BS Score6 analyzed articles15.8K 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 30.1%30.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.2%9.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.7%7.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 8.3%8.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.2%14.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.2%7.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.6%2.6%

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 30.1%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 1.4%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 7.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 2.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate