Topic summary
31% 8 analyzed articles/videos 8,950 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Water Quality results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 3,051 hits . Analysis detected 17,541 faulty-reasoning hits from 29,109 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 4% (15,263 of 15,766 topics). This Water Quality is better (less manipulative) than 96.80% of the peer group. Water Quality
Topic details
Total words: 29,109
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.2% percentile 1.3% BS Score8 analyzed articles29.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.8% 4.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.5% 10.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 0.7% 0.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.8% 4.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst