Topic summary
⁠85%1 analyzed article/video683 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Utility Costs results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and False Dilemma, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13.1% saturation with 269 hits. Analysis detected 1,591 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,049 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠51% (8,222 of 16,512 topics). This Utility Costs is worse (more manipulative) than 50.20% of the peer group.
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Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,049
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

50% percentile
025507510050.2% percentile
3.0% 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 13.1%13.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.9%5.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.8%4.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.9%1.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.2%3.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.9%3.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.9%1.9%

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 13.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.4%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.6%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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