Topic summary
16%8 analyzed articles/videos2,832 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tornadoes results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 1,327 hits. Analysis detected 6,765 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,244 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 27% (11,510 of 15,766 topics). This Tornadoes is better (less manipulative) than 73.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

27% percentile
025507510027.0% percentile
2.1% BS Score8 analyzed articles10.2K 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 3.6%3.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.1%0.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.9%12.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.7%6.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate