Topic summary
49% 1 analyzed article/video 576 analyzed words
BS Summary: These U.s. & World results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Hasty Generalization , and Anecdotal , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 204 hits . Analysis detected 1,480 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,728 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 68% (5,097 of 15,569 topics). This U.s. & World is worse (more manipulative) than 67.30% of the peer group. U.s. & World
Topic details
Total words: 1,728
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
67% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 67.3% percentile 4.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.9% 6.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 11.8% 11.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 7.6% 7.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 7.8% 7.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 7.3% 7.3% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Topic 3.4% 3.4% 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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 8.1% Anecdotal: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 5.2% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.0% Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.4% Bandwagon: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.0% Burden of Proof: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.4% Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst