Topic summary
⁠0%4 analyzed articles/videos2,234 analyzed words
BS Summary: These State Of The Union Address results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Confirmation Bias, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 45.2% saturation with 3,242 hits. Analysis detected 22,729 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,172 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠87% (2,050 of 15,399 topics). This State Of The Union Address is worse (more manipulative) than 86.70% of the peer group.
State Of The Union Address
Topic details
Total words: 7,172
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

87% percentile
025507510086.7% percentile
7.5% BS Score4 analyzed articles7.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 36.0%36.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 45.2%45.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 27.5%27.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 31.4%31.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 22.0%22.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 13.9%13.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 27.4%27.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 17.0%17.0%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.0%6.0%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 45.2%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 36.0%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 31.4%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 27.5%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 27.4%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 22.0%, sitewide 8.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 6.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 7.4%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 2.7%Halo Effect: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.7%Straw Man: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 0.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.2%Bandwagon: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Horn Effect: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.0%Begging the Question: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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