Topic summary
⁠97%1 analyzed article/video651 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Toxic Waste results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 35.4% saturation with 691 hits. Analysis detected 4,055 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,953 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠86% (2,399 of 16,562 topics). This Toxic Waste is worse (more manipulative) than 85.50% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,953
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

86% percentile
025507510085.5% percentile
6.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 33.3%33.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 35.4%35.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 10.3%10.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 19.0%19.0%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 7.0%7.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 21.6%21.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.3%4.3%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 4.7%4.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 35.4%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 33.3%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 19.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 21.6%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 8.1%Straw Man: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 0.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 1.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.7%Red Herring: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 0.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.5%Special Pleading: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.3%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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