Topic summary
⁠56%4 analyzed articles/videos1,983 analyzed words
BS Summary: These South Africa results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 21.1% saturation with 1,980 hits. Analysis detected 9,779 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,404 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (9,247 of 15,780 topics). This South Africa is better (less manipulative) than 58.60% of the peer group.
South Africa
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 9,404
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

41% percentile
025507510041.4% percentile
2.6% BS Score4 analyzed articles9.4K 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 9.3%9.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.3%9.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 21.1%21.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.9%5.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 21.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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