Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video482 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Yorktown results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 15.1% saturation with 291 hits. Analysis detected 1,245 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,928 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (6,400 of 16,562 topics). This Yorktown is worse (more manipulative) than 61.40% of the peer group.
Yorktown
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,928
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

61% percentile
025507510061.4% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K 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 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.3%5.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 6.2%6.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 15.1%15.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.9%2.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 15.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 0.5%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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