Topic summary
⁠86%3 analyzed articles/videos1,607 analyzed words
BS Summary: These State Department results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 18.7% saturation with 1,638 hits. Analysis detected 12,632 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,773 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (6,360 of 16,562 topics). This State Department is worse (more manipulative) than 61.60% of the peer group.
State Department
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Topic details
Total words: 8,773
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510061.6% percentile
3.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.8K 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 17.0%17.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 16.0%16.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.2%7.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.8%15.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%

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 17.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 18.7%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 16.0%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 2.7%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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