Topic summary
⁠34%3 analyzed articles/videos693 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Traffic Fatalities results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 786 hits. Analysis detected 6,937 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,778 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠36% (10,754 of 16,559 topics). This Traffic Fatalities is better (less manipulative) than 64.90% of the peer group.
Traffic Fatalities

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

35% percentile
025507510035.1% percentile
2.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.8K 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 7.8%7.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.3%9.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.1%10.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.2%6.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos