Topic summary
72%3 analyzed articles/videos1,915 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Special Counsel Investigation results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.7% saturation with 1,316 hits. Analysis detected 11,949 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,430 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 66% (5,640 of 16,562 topics). This Special Counsel Investigation is worse (more manipulative) than 66.00% of the peer group.
Special Counsel Investigation
Topic details
Total words: 7,430
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

66% percentile
025507510066.0% percentile
3.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 17.3%17.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 15.3%15.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 13.9%13.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 7.0%7.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.9%4.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.1%7.1%

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 15.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.7%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 17.3%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 8.1%Begging the Question: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 1.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate