Topic summary
⁠52%4 analyzed articles/videos2,941 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Settlement results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 20.9% saturation with 2,265 hits. Analysis detected 11,226 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,829 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠40% (9,934 of 16,562 topics). This Settlement is better (less manipulative) than 60.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 10,829
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510040.0% percentile
2.5% BS Score4 analyzed articles10.8K 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 20.9%20.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 14.2%14.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.5%14.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.3%4.3%

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 14.2%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 20.9%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 2.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos