Topic summary
67% 64 analyzed articles/videos 36,664 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Social Issues results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Hasty Generalization , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 24,158 hits . Analysis detected 215,230 faulty-reasoning hits from 205,328 analyzed words across 64 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 21% (12,480 of 15,777 topics). This Social Issues is better (less manipulative) than 79.10% of the peer group. Social Issues
Topic details
Total words: 205,328
Article count: 64
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
21% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 20.9% percentile 1.9% BS Score64 analyzed articles205.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 7.7% 7.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.7% 7.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.8% 11.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.1% 4.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.9% 9.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.3% 0.3% 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 7.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0% False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst