Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video114 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Top States For Business results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 50 hits. Analysis detected 168 faulty-reasoning hits from 456 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠78% (3,691 of 16,562 topics). This Top States For Business is worse (more manipulative) than 77.70% of the peer group.
Top States For Business
Topic details
Total words: 456
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

78% percentile
025507510077.7% percentile
5.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles456 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 5.7%5.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 5.5%5.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 11.0%11.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

5. Minnesota⁠4%
CNBC⁠54%By CNBC.com staff⁠0%7/9/2026, 5:49:08 AM