Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video492 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Utilities Regulation results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and False Dilemma, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 18.8% saturation with 370 hits. Analysis detected 1,886 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,968 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (6,178 of 16,562 topics). This Utilities Regulation is worse (more manipulative) than 62.70% of the peer group.
Utilities Regulation
Topic details
Total words: 1,968
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

63% percentile
025507510062.7% percentile
3.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.0%9.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 5.6%5.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 18.8%18.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.5%2.5%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 18.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 1.5%Anecdotal: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Middle Ground: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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