Topic summary
48% 28 analyzed articles/videos 14,041 analyzed words
BS Summary: These State Government results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.3% saturation with 6,371 hits . Analysis detected 64,814 faulty-reasoning hits from 76,565 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (14,085 of 15,689 topics). This State Government is better (less manipulative) than 89.80% of the peer group. State Government
Topic details
Total words: 76,565
Article count: 28
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.2% percentile 1.6% BS Score28 analyzed articles76.6K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.3% 8.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.1% 5.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.1% 4.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.0% 1.0% 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 8.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst