Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video177 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Word Usage results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Halo Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 43.7% saturation with 232 hits. Analysis detected 1,123 faulty-reasoning hits from 531 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠93% (1,161 of 16,562 topics). This Word Usage is worse (more manipulative) than 93.00% of the peer group.
Word Usage
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠93%Word Usage (selected)11%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 531
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

93% percentile
025507510093.0% percentile
10.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles531 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 43.7%43.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 21.5%21.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 22.6%22.6%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 10.2%10.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 11.9%11.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 8.1%8.1%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 8.8%8.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 9.0%9.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.7%11.7%

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 43.7%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 22.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 21.5%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 15.9%Anchoring Bias: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 4.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 7.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 9.0%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Primacy Effect: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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