Topic summary
84% 17 analyzed articles/videos 7,735 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Us Congress results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 14.7% saturation with 5,602 hits . Analysis detected 42,531 faulty-reasoning hits from 38,027 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 28% (11,370 of 15,765 topics). This Us Congress is better (less manipulative) than 72.10% of the peer group. Us Congress
Topic details
Total words: 38,027
Article count: 16
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
28% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 27.9% percentile 2.2% BS Score16 analyzed articles38K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.8% 9.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 14.7% 14.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.1% 8.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 12.7% 12.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.2% 2.2% 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 9.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.7%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 2.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst