Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video721 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tender Mercies results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 36.4% saturation with 788 hits. Analysis detected 2,225 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,163 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠81% (3,227 of 16,562 topics). This Tender Mercies is worse (more manipulative) than 80.50% of the peer group.
Tender Mercies
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Topic details
Total words: 2,163
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

81% percentile
025507510080.5% percentile
5.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 36.4%36.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 18.1%18.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.1%11.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.8%2.8%

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%Halo Effect: Topic 36.4%, sitewide 6.7%Framing Effect: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 18.1%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Halo EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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