Topic summary
⁠93%1 analyzed article/video714 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Traffic Safety Initiatives results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 23.3% saturation with 500 hits. Analysis detected 2,873 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,142 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠73% (4,626 of 16,562 topics). This Traffic Safety Initiatives is worse (more manipulative) than 72.10% of the peer group.
Traffic Safety Initiatives
Topic details
Total words: 2,142
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

72% percentile
025507510072.1% percentile
4.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.1K 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 8.8%8.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 23.3%23.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 6.1%6.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.3%4.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.8%1.8%

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 8.8%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 23.3%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 6.1%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.5%Burden of Proof: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.4%Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Special Pleading: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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