Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,544 analyzed words
BS Summary: These St Louis Disaster results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.5% saturation with 1,141 hits. Analysis detected 3,737 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,176 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (13,341 of 16,562 topics). This St Louis Disaster is better (less manipulative) than 80.60% of the peer group.
St Louis Disaster
Topic details
Total words: 6,176
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510019.4% percentile
1.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.2K 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 0.8%0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.2%0.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%

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 0.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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