Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,167 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Waterways results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 19.6% saturation with 1,068 hits. Analysis detected 5,762 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,452 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠64% (5,823 of 15,941 topics). This Waterways is worse (more manipulative) than 63.50% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 5,452
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510063.5% percentile
3.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 19.6%19.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 15.9%15.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.3%12.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.3%4.3%

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 15.9%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 19.6%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.4%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos