Topic summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video531 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thrillers results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 35% saturation with 743 hits. Analysis detected 3,279 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,124 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠87% (2,203 of 16,562 topics). This Thrillers is worse (more manipulative) than 86.70% of the peer group.
Thrillers
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Topic details
Total words: 2,124
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

87% percentile
025507510086.7% percentile
7.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 35.0%35.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 14.7%14.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 12.8%12.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.6%5.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.0%6.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 15.9%15.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 12.8%12.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 15.8%15.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 35.0%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 15.9%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 15.8%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 14.7%, sitewide 0.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 4.6%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.9%Composition/Division: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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