Topic summary
0% 23 analyzed articles/videos 13,716 analyzed words
BS Summary: These St Louis results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Negativity Bias , and Optimism Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 6,704 hits . Analysis detected 52,782 faulty-reasoning hits from 61,365 analyzed words across 23 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (13,550 of 15,527 topics). This St Louis is better (less manipulative) than 87.30% of the peer group. St Louis
Topic details
Total words: 61,365
Article count: 23
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
13% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.7% percentile 1.7% BS Score23 analyzed articles61.4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 10.9% 10.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.4% 10.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 10.8% 10.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% 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 10.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 6.0% Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst