Keyword summary
22%1 analyzed article/video1,345 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Use-Of-Force results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Self-Serving Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.6% saturation with 303 hits. Analysis detected 1,974 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,380 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 18% (49,044 of 59,653 keywords). This Use-Of-Force is better (less manipulative) than 82.20% of the peer group.
Use-Of-Force

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

18% percentile
025507510017.8% percentile
1.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.4K 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 1.4%1.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 5.6%5.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 4.5%4.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.6%2.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 2.3%2.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.3%1.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.1%3.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 1.1%1.1%

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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 5.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Keyword 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 1.5%Composition/Division: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 0.8%Actor-Observer Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 0.6%Burden of Proof: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 0.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

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