Topic summary
⁠38%2 analyzed articles/videos736 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US Senate Election results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 6.3% saturation with 315 hits. Analysis detected 2,524 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,971 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠15% (13,856 of 16,307 topics). This US Senate Election is better (less manipulative) than 85.00% of the peer group.
US Senate Election
Topic details
Total words: 4,971
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

15% percentile
025507510015.0% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles5K 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 6.1%6.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.9%5.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 6.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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