Topic summary
⁠69%4 analyzed articles/videos331 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Us Congressional Elections results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.8% saturation with 1,517 hits. Analysis detected 8,747 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,631 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠27% (11,605 of 15,780 topics). This Us Congressional Elections is better (less manipulative) than 73.50% of the peer group.
Us Congressional Elections

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

27% percentile
025507510026.5% percentile
2.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles9.6K 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 7.4%7.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.9%4.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.0%2.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.6%3.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.8%15.8%

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 7.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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