Keyword summary
96%96 analyzed articles/videos66,215 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Opinion results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 16.7% saturation with 47,262 hits. Analysis detected 371,844 faulty-reasoning hits from 283,386 analyzed words across 96 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 50% (26,166 of 51,552 keywords). This Opinion is better (less manipulative) than 50.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

49% percentile
025507510049.2% percentile
2.4% BS Score96 analyzed articles283.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 7.6%7.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 16.7%16.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 11.3%11.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 8.1%8.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 3.8%3.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.5%3.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 2.2%2.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 2.7%2.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Keyword 3.9%3.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 2.1%2.1%

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: Keyword 7.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 16.7%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 8.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 9.3%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 6.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Keyword 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 4.7%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Keyword 4.3%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Keyword 3.9%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 2.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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