Topic summary
47%1 analyzed article/video650 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Texas Primaries results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Status Quo Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 202 hits. Analysis detected 990 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,950 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 62% (8,845 of 23,173 topics). This Texas Primaries is worse (more manipulative) than 61.80% of the peer group.
Texas Primaries
Topic details
Total words: 1,950
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510061.8% percentile
3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 3.0%3.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.4%10.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.0%6.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.4%1.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 3.6%3.6%

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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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