Topic summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video626 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US Marshals results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Red Herring, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 212 hits. Analysis detected 2,077 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,878 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠61% (6,106 of 15,447 topics). This US Marshals is worse (more manipulative) than 60.50% of the peer group.
US Marshals
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Topic details
Total words: 1,878
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

61% percentile
025507510060.5% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K 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 5.1%5.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.8%7.8%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 10.8%10.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 7.2%7.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.3%11.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Red Herring: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 0.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 0.4%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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