Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video492 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Unites States results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 15.7% saturation with 308 hits. Analysis detected 2,246 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,968 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠77% (3,632 of 15,328 topics). This Unites States is worse (more manipulative) than 76.30% of the peer group.
Unites States
Topic details
Total words: 1,968
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

76% percentile
025507510076.3% percentile
5.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 4.8%4.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 15.7%15.7%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 10.1%10.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 7.6%7.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.6%12.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.0%11.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.2%9.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Topic 15.7%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 2.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%Recency Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.7%Personal Incredulity: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.2%Middle Ground: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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