Topic summary
64% 1 analyzed article/video 350 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. United-States
Topic details
Total words: 1,050
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
53% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 52.6% percentile 3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.9% 4.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 11.8% 11.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Topic 6.4% 6.4% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 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 Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst