Topic summary
69%2 analyzed articles/videos685 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Verification results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Optimism Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 15.4% saturation with 317 hits. Analysis detected 2,387 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,055 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of 72% (4,635 of 16,562 topics). This Verification is worse (more manipulative) than 72.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,055
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

72% percentile
025507510072.0% percentile
4.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 15.4%15.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 14.1%14.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.9%7.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 11.9%11.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.9%10.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.3%3.3%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 5.6%5.6%

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 14.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 15.4%, sitewide 0.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.7%Recency Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.3%Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Red Herring: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.8%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos