Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,011 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Television Criticism results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.2% saturation with 657 hits. Analysis detected 3,503 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,044 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠46% (8,442 of 15,447 topics). This Television Criticism is better (less manipulative) than 54.60% of the peer group.
Television Criticism
Topic details
Total words: 4,044
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

45% percentile
025507510045.4% percentile
2.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles4K 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 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 16.1%16.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.7%3.7%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.3%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 16.1%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Straw Man: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 0.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos