Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,291 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Smashburgers results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Status Quo Bias , with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 238 hits . Analysis detected 1,837 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,873 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 23% (12,700 of 16,339 topics). This Smashburgers is better (less manipulative) than 77.70% of the peer group. Smashburgers
Topic details
Total words: 3,873
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 22.3% percentile 2.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.7% 3.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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 1.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 5.2% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Status Quo Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.2% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.5% Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.8% Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.1% Indoctrination: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.0% Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.6% Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.3% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst