Topic summary
⁠33%5 analyzed articles/videos1,659 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Settlements results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 1,557 hits. Analysis detected 12,485 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,696 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (13,325 of 16,562 topics). This Settlements is better (less manipulative) than 80.50% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

20% percentile
025507510019.5% percentile
1.9% BS Score5 analyzed articles15.7K 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 7.5%7.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.9%9.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.5%7.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.1%5.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 7.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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