Topic summary
⁠59%1 analyzed article/video1,136 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Texas Legislature results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 209 hits. Analysis detected 1,655 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,408 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (16,382 of 22,501 topics). This Texas Legislature is better (less manipulative) than 72.80% of the peer group.
Texas Legislature
Topic details
Total words: 3,408
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

27% percentile
025507510027.2% percentile
1.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.4K 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 3.6%3.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.5%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.4%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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