Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video629 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Trail Development results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, False Dilemma, and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 285 hits. Analysis detected 970 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,516 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (11,250 of 15,447 topics). This Trail Development is better (less manipulative) than 72.80% of the peer group.
Trail Development
Topic details
Total words: 2,516
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

27% percentile
025507510027.2% percentile
2.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K 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 3.2%3.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.9%3.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 11.3%11.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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