Topic summary
⁠87%1 analyzed article/video912 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Southport results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.3% saturation with 500 hits. Analysis detected 3,321 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,736 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠71% (4,848 of 16,562 topics). This Southport is worse (more manipulative) than 70.70% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,736
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

71% percentile
025507510070.7% percentile
4.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K 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 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.2%4.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 10.5%10.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 4.8%4.8%

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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.1%Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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