Topic summary
⁠59%2 analyzed articles/videos1,020 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Taliban results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 1,060 hits. Analysis detected 7,390 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,296 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠58% (7,068 of 16,562 topics). This Taliban is worse (more manipulative) than 57.30% of the peer group.
Taliban
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Topic details
Total words: 6,296
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

57% percentile
025507510057.3% percentile
3.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.3K 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 9.1%9.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 14.3%14.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.2%0.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.4%3.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 3.5%3.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 5.0%5.0%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.1%0.1%

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 9.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 16.1%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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