Topic summary
52%42 analyzed articles/videos21,037 analyzed words
BS Summary: These United Kingdom results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 21.4% saturation with 21,105 hits. Analysis detected 143,175 faulty-reasoning hits from 98,583 analyzed words across 42 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 44% (8,896 of 15,689 topics). This United Kingdom is better (less manipulative) than 56.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

43% percentile
025507510043.3% percentile
2.7% BS Score42 analyzed articles98.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 21.4%21.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 10.8%10.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.3%11.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.9%8.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 6.5%6.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 11.8%11.8%

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 10.8%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 21.4%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 1.4%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Straw Man: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate