Topic summary
⁠76%2 analyzed articles/videos882 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Vermont Politics results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 770 hits. Analysis detected 8,602 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,166 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (9,745 of 16,562 topics). This Vermont Politics is better (less manipulative) than 58.80% of the peer group.
Vermont Politics
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 8,166
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

41% percentile
025507510041.2% percentile
2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles8.2K 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 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.1%6.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.6%5.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 9.4%9.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 6.9%6.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 3.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.9%, sitewide 3.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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