Topic summary
86%1 analyzed article/video81 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Silver results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 67.3% saturation with 218 hits. Analysis detected 1,104 faulty-reasoning hits from 324 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 24.3% and a BS Rank of 100% (146 of 16,558 topics). This Silver is worse (more manipulative) than 99.10% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 324
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

99% percentile
025507510099.1% percentile
24.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles324 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 67.3%67.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 64.8%64.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 43.2%43.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 38.9%38.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 17.3%17.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 21.6%21.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 37.0%37.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 15.4%15.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 8.6%8.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 67.3%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 64.8%, sitewide 19.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 43.2%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 38.9%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Topic 37.0%, sitewide 26.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 21.6%, sitewide 9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 17.3%, sitewide 0.8%Hasty Generalization: Topic 15.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.7%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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