Topic summary
⁠29%3 analyzed articles/videos1,855 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sensitive Topics results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 763 hits. Analysis detected 6,376 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,263 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (11,528 of 16,562 topics). This Sensitive Topics is better (less manipulative) than 69.60% of the peer group.
Sensitive Topics
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 7,263
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

30% percentile
025507510030.4% percentile
2.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.3K 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 6.1%6.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.5%10.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.2%6.2%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 5.8%5.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.4%3.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.7%2.7%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos