Topic summary
80%6 analyzed articles/videos4,405 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Syria results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.2% saturation with 3,290 hits. Analysis detected 23,410 faulty-reasoning hits from 25,003 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 20% (12,911 of 16,123 topics). This Syria is better (less manipulative) than 80.10% of the peer group.
Syria

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

20% percentile
025507510019.9% percentile
1.9% BS Score6 analyzed articles25K 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 9.4%9.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.2%13.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.9%5.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.7%3.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%

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 9.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate