Topic summary
⁠33%4 analyzed articles/videos1,124 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Traffic Stops results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 1,814 hits. Analysis detected 14,081 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,987 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (14,738 of 16,289 topics). This Traffic Stops is better (less manipulative) than 90.50% of the peer group.
Traffic Stops
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 19,987
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
02550751009.5% percentile
1.6% BS Score4 analyzed articles20K 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 6.3%6.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.1%9.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.8%0.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.1%0.1%

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 6.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos