Topic summary
⁠26%3 analyzed articles/videos3,181 analyzed words
BS Summary: These World War I results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7% saturation with 1,260 hits. Analysis detected 13,167 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,024 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠14% (14,335 of 16,562 topics). This World War I is better (less manipulative) than 86.60% of the peer group.
World War I
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 18,024
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510013.4% percentile
1.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles18K 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 5.6%5.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.0%7.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.9%3.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%

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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.2%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Hindsight Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos