Topic summary
0%7 analyzed articles/videos1,473 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Virginia results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 15.7% saturation with 1,934 hits. Analysis detected 12,465 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,292 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 34% (10,525 of 15,779 topics). This Virginia is better (less manipulative) than 66.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

33% percentile
025507510033.3% percentile
2.3% BS Score7 analyzed articles12.3K 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 15.1%15.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 12.2%12.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 15.7%15.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 15.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 15.7%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate