Topic summary
73% 49 analyzed articles/videos 40,025 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. Tax Policy
Topic details
Total words: 179,781
Article count: 49
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
19% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.0% percentile 1.9% BS Score49 analyzed articles179.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 12.7% 12.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.2% 8.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.4% 7.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 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 Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst