Topic summary
⁠72%2 analyzed articles/videos756 analyzed words
BS Summary: These UK Government results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Halo Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.6% saturation with 376 hits. Analysis detected 2,119 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,268 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (6,142 of 15,778 topics). This UK Government is worse (more manipulative) than 61.10% of the peer group.
UK Government
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,268
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

61% percentile
025507510061.1% percentile
3.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.3K 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 12.0%12.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 6.9%6.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 16.6%16.6%

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 12.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 1.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Horn Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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