Topic summary
⁠5%3 analyzed articles/videos592 analyzed words
BS Summary: These World Events results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.8% saturation with 386 hits. Analysis detected 1,662 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,048 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠60% (6,417 of 15,988 topics). This World Events is worse (more manipulative) than 59.90% of the peer group.
World Events

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510059.9% percentile
3.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles2K 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 9.2%9.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.7%7.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 12.9%12.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.2%0.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%

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 9.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.4%Straw Man: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.9%Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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