Topic summary
⁠69%3 analyzed articles/videos2,311 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Texas Senate Race results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 1,046 hits. Analysis detected 10,441 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,970 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠32% (11,419 of 16,562 topics). This Texas Senate Race is better (less manipulative) than 68.90% of the peer group.
Texas Senate Race
Topic details
Total words: 10,970
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

31% percentile
025507510031.1% percentile
2.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles11K 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 7.4%7.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.9%5.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.5%9.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.3%3.3%

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 7.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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