Topic summary
⁠56%1 analyzed article/video677 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Southampton results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 14.1% saturation with 287 hits. Analysis detected 1,414 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,031 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠60% (6,711 of 16,562 topics). This Southampton is worse (more manipulative) than 59.50% of the peer group.
Southampton
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,031
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510059.5% percentile
3.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 5.6%5.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.9%8.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 14.0%14.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 14.1%14.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Tu Quoque: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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