Topic summary
0% 3 analyzed articles/videos 2,156 analyzed words
BS Summary: These True-Crime results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Authority , with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 24% saturation with 1,274 hits . Analysis detected 6,905 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,316 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of 64% (5,500 of 15,142 topics). This True-Crime is worse (more manipulative) than 63.70% of the peer group. True-Crime
Topic details
Total words: 5,316
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
64% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 63.7% percentile 3.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.9% 6.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 24.0% 24.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 4.9% 4.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.3% 5.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Topic 6.1% 6.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 12.2% 12.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.5% 9.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 24.0%, sitewide 4.6% Negativity Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 9.1% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 0.5% Optimism Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.8% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Burden of Proof: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst