Topic summary
64% 19 analyzed articles/videos 8,402 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wildfire results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 3,413 hits . Analysis detected 27,668 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,297 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 8% (15,291 of 16,562 topics). This Wildfire is better (less manipulative) than 92.30% of the peer group. Wildfire
Topic details
Total words: 40,297
Article count: 19
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.7% percentile 1.5% BS Score19 analyzed articles40.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.5% 8.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.1% 5.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.2% 1.2% 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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 6.0% Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.1% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.9% Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst