Topic summary
⁠66%2 analyzed articles/videos1,396 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Top Story results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 456 hits. Analysis detected 3,435 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,188 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠41% (9,771 of 16,562 topics). This Top Story is better (less manipulative) than 59.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 4,188
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

41% percentile
025507510041.0% percentile
2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.2K 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 5.2%5.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.9%10.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.2%0.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.3%4.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.1%3.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%

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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.5%Straw Man: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos