Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These Westerly results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Confirmation Bias, and Anecdotal, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 181 hits. Analysis detected 1,500 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,456 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of ⁠0% (0 of 16,562 topics). This Westerly is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,456
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

0% percentile
02550751000.0% percentile
0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K 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 3.4%3.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.9%2.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.9%3.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.5%2.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.8%6.8%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%

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 3.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Composition/Division: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.8%Middle Ground: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.1%Straw Man: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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