Topic summary
62%1 analyzed article/video1,199 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tobacco Industry Practices results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Indoctrination, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 17% saturation with 815 hits. Analysis detected 5,106 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,796 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 50% (8,010 of 15,757 topics). This Tobacco Industry Practices is better (less manipulative) than 50.80% of the peer group.
Tobacco Industry Practices
Topic details
Total words: 4,796
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

49% percentile
025507510049.2% percentile
3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.8K 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 6.9%6.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.4%4.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 17.0%17.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.1%6.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 6.8%6.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 0.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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