Topic summary
86% 1 analyzed article/video 81 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. Silver
Topic details
Total words: 324
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
99% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 99.1% percentile 24.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles324 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 67.3% 67.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 64.8% 64.8% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Topic 43.2% 43.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 38.9% 38.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Topic 17.3% 17.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 21.6% 21.6% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 37.0% 37.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 15.4% 15.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Ad Hominem Sitewide 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 Voice Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst