Topic summary
64%1 analyzed article/video350 analyzed words
BS Summary: These United-States results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, False Dilemma, and Optimism Bias, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 124 hits. Analysis detected 990 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,050 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 53% (7,262 of 15,325 topics). This United-States is worse (more manipulative) than 52.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

53% percentile
025507510052.6% percentile
3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.1K 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 4.9%4.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.9%3.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 11.8%11.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 6.4%6.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 6.7%False Dilemma: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 1.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.1%Begging the Question: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Red Herring: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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