Topic summary
⁠38%1 analyzed article/video1,168 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Witness Accounts results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 517 hits. Analysis detected 3,134 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,672 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠35% (10,917 of 16,558 topics). This Witness Accounts is better (less manipulative) than 65.90% of the peer group.
Witness Accounts
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 4,672
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

34% percentile
025507510034.1% percentile
2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.7K 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 8.7%8.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.2%4.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.9%5.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.1%11.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 8.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.0%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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