Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These US Democracy results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Negativity Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 621 hits . Analysis detected 4,752 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,661 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 16,562 topics). This US Democracy is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group. US Democracy
Topic details
Total words: 5,661
Article count: 1
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0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.0% percentile 0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.7K analyzed words
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.8% 5.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Topic 7.0% 7.0% 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 5.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 7.0%, sitewide 3.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% False Dilemma: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 1.5% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Slippery Slope: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst