Topic summary
73%49 analyzed articles/videos40,025 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tax Policy results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.7% saturation with 22,775 hits. Analysis detected 182,036 faulty-reasoning hits from 179,781 analyzed words across 49 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 19% (13,420 of 16,562 topics). This Tax Policy is better (less manipulative) than 81.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510019.0% percentile
1.9% BS Score49 analyzed articles179.8K 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 12.7%12.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.2%8.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.3%3.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 12.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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