Topic summary
⁠0%4 analyzed articles/videos3,475 analyzed words
BS Summary: These State Of The Union results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 43.4% saturation with 4,461 hits. Analysis detected 26,733 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,279 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠81% (3,174 of 16,562 topics). This State Of The Union is worse (more manipulative) than 80.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

81% percentile
025507510080.8% percentile
5.8% BS Score4 analyzed articles10.3K 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 43.4%43.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 19.0%19.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 19.1%19.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 8.9%8.9%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 7.6%7.6%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.9%7.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 12.1%12.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.0%13.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 19.1%19.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 43.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 19.4%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 19.1%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 19.1%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 19.0%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 6.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 2.0%Halo Effect: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 1.4%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 3.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.7%Begging the Question: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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