Topic summary
⁠83%3 analyzed articles/videos1,244 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Threats Against Public Officials results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 29.6% saturation with 1,303 hits. Analysis detected 6,737 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,397 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (4,971 of 16,562 topics). This Threats Against Public Officials is worse (more manipulative) than 70.00% of the peer group.
Threats Against Public Officials
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510070.0% percentile
4.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 29.6%29.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 25.8%25.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.0%4.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 29.6%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 28.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 25.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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