Topic summary
⁠42%1 analyzed article/video340 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Video Gaming results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Appeal to Emotion, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 19.3% saturation with 197 hits. Analysis detected 797 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,020 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠71% (4,833 of 16,562 topics). This Video Gaming is worse (more manipulative) than 70.80% of the peer group.
Video Gaming
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,020
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

71% percentile
025507510070.8% percentile
4.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1K 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 3.6%3.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 16.6%16.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.1%4.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 19.3%19.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%

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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 19.3%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 19.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 16.6%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.9%Circular Reasoning: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos