Topic summary
⁠49%2 analyzed articles/videos1,141 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Special Elections results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Halo Effect, with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 10.3% saturation with 351 hits. Analysis detected 2,923 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,423 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠43% (8,860 of 15,455 topics). This Special Elections is better (less manipulative) than 57.30% of the peer group.
Special Elections
Topic details
Total words: 3,423
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

43% percentile
025507510042.7% percentile
2.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.4K 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 1.5%1.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 10.0%10.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 10.3%10.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.6%9.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 10.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos