Topic summary
⁠93%1 analyzed article/video306 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US Military Spending results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 23.4% saturation with 286 hits. Analysis detected 1,666 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,224 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠88% (2,786 of 22,343 topics). This US Military Spending is worse (more manipulative) than 87.50% of the peer group.
US Military Spending
Topic details
Total words: 1,224
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

88% percentile
025507510087.5% percentile
6.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.2K 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 12.6%12.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 13.6%13.6%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 10.0%10.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 12.5%12.5%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 5.4%5.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 23.4%23.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 5.5%5.5%

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 12.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 23.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.6%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 12.5%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%False Dilemma: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 2.7%Straw Man: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 0.9%Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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