Topic summary
83%3 analyzed articles/videos750 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Welfare results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Slippery Slope, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 16.5% saturation with 808 hits. Analysis detected 7,173 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,908 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 61% (6,110 of 15,447 topics). This Welfare is worse (more manipulative) than 60.40% of the peer group.
Welfare
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Topic details
Total words: 4,908
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510060.4% percentile
3.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.9K 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 5.7%5.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.9%5.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.4%7.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 16.5%16.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 9.5%9.5%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 9.5%9.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.5%6.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%

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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 16.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 11.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 1.4%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 1.5%Straw Man: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 0.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 4.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate