Topic summary
58% 15 analyzed articles/videos 9,942 analyzed words
BS Summary: These U S Senate results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 3,836 hits . Analysis detected 37,576 faulty-reasoning hits from 38,855 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 19% (12,871 of 15,769 topics). This U S Senate is better (less manipulative) than 81.60% of the peer group. U S Senate
Topic details
Total words: 38,855
Article count: 15
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
18% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 18.4% percentile 1.9% BS Score15 analyzed articles38.9K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.4% 9.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.4% 5.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.9% 9.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.5% 3.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.3% 1.3% 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 9.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% False Dilemma: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.5% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2% Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst