Topic summary
⁠26%1 analyzed article/video3,979 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Brookings Current results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Hasty Generalization, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.5% saturation with 1,201 hits. Analysis detected 10,004 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,916 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠8% (14,243 of 15,359 topics). This The Brookings Current is better (less manipulative) than 92.70% of the peer group.
The Brookings Current
Topic details
Total words: 15,916
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751007.3% percentile
1.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles15.9K 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 2.5%2.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.5%7.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.0%2.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%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 2.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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