Topic summary
58% 97 analyzed articles/videos 43,508 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wildfires results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 21,588 hits . Analysis detected 162,444 faulty-reasoning hits from 224,116 analyzed words across 97 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (14,844 of 15,554 topics). This Wildfires is better (less manipulative) than 95.40% of the peer group. Wildfires
Topic details
Total words: 224,116
Article count: 97
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.6% percentile 1.4% BS Score97 analyzed articles224.1K 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 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.6% 9.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.4% 5.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 2.1% 2.1% 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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst