Topic summary
99%1 analyzed article/video321 analyzed words
BS Summary: These White House Press Corps results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Unattributed Quote, and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 41.1% saturation with 396 hits. Analysis detected 2,146 faulty-reasoning hits from 963 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.9% and a BS Rank of 91% (1,580 of 16,562 topics). This White House Press Corps is worse (more manipulative) than 90.50% of the peer group.
White House Press Corps
Topic details
Total words: 963
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

91% percentile
025507510090.5% percentile
8.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles963 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 30.2%30.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 41.1%41.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 21.5%21.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 7.2%7.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 17.1%17.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.8%5.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 5.6%5.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.0%4.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 7.6%7.6%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.0%6.0%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 41.1%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 30.2%, sitewide 8.1%Framing Effect: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 26.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 21.5%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Topic 17.1%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 12.5%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.7%, sitewide 3.3%Status Quo Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 5.3%False Dilemma: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.4%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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