Topic summary
31% 13 analyzed articles/videos 8,216 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Traffic Safety results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Availability Heuristic , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 3,593 hits . Analysis detected 30,703 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,686 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 10% (14,081 of 15,559 topics). This Traffic Safety is better (less manipulative) than 90.50% of the peer group. Traffic Safety
Topic details
Total words: 40,686
Article count: 13
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.5% percentile 1.6% BS Score13 analyzed articles40.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.7% 6.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.8% 8.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.9% 5.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.8% 4.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.3% 2.3% 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 6.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst