Topic summary
78%6 analyzed articles/videos1,033 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Social Security Reform results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Loss Aversion, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 15% saturation with 1,777 hits. Analysis detected 11,344 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,874 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 40% (10,004 of 16,562 topics). This Social Security Reform is better (less manipulative) than 60.40% of the peer group.
Social Security Reform
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510039.6% percentile
2.5% BS Score6 analyzed articles11.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.6%5.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 15.0%15.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.3%9.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 8.0%8.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 15.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 8.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 2.5%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 4.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 1.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate