Topic summary
⁠81%4 analyzed articles/videos2,469 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Serial Killer results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 27.6% saturation with 2,603 hits. Analysis detected 10,301 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,436 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (8,056 of 16,562 topics). This Serial Killer is worse (more manipulative) than 51.40% of the peer group.
Serial Killer
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠52%Serial Killer (selected)4%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 9,436
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

51% percentile
025507510051.4% percentile
3.0% BS Score4 analyzed articles9.4K 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 10.0%10.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 27.6%27.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.5%9.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 27.6%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 19.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos