Topic summary
0% 12 analyzed articles/videos 2,406 analyzed words
BS Summary: These U.s. Government results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 18.4% saturation with 2,369 hits . Analysis detected 16,301 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,860 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 49% (8,554 of 16,562 topics). This U.s. Government is better (less manipulative) than 51.60% of the peer group. U.s. Government
Topic details
Total words: 12,860
Article count: 12
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
48% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 48.4% percentile 2.9% BS Score12 analyzed articles12.9K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 18.4% 18.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.8% 11.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 9.2% 9.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.7% 9.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% 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 18.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst