Topic summary
74%10 analyzed articles/videos7,138 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Vaccines results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.4% saturation with 4,016 hits. Analysis detected 32,323 faulty-reasoning hits from 35,109 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 14% (13,419 of 15,447 topics). This Vaccines is better (less manipulative) than 86.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510013.1% percentile
1.7% BS Score10 analyzed articles35.1K 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 7.3%7.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.4%11.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.3%3.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.2%2.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate