Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video671 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sex Abuse Scandals results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 20.1% saturation with 539 hits. Analysis detected 2,797 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,684 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of 63% (5,753 of 15,342 topics). This Sex Abuse Scandals is worse (more manipulative) than 62.50% of the peer group.
Sex Abuse Scandals
Topic details
Total words: 2,684
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

63% percentile
025507510062.5% percentile
3.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K 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 6.2%6.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 17.5%17.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 20.1%20.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 20.1%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 19.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 17.5%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Begging the Question: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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