Topic summary
72%3 analyzed articles/videos1,630 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Surveillance Video results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Negativity Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 17.5% saturation with 857 hits. Analysis detected 4,276 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,890 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 49% (8,459 of 16,562 topics). This Surveillance Video is better (less manipulative) than 51.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

49% percentile
025507510048.9% percentile
2.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.9K 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 5.9%5.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.4%6.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 17.5%17.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.9%0.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 7.0%7.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.3%6.3%

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 5.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 17.5%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 7.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 3.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate