Topic summary
33%8 analyzed articles/videos7,268 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Abuse results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 2,200 hits. Analysis detected 14,705 faulty-reasoning hits from 29,072 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 5% (20,814 of 21,823 topics). This Abuse is better (less manipulative) than 95.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

5% percentile
02550751004.6% percentile
1.1% BS Score8 analyzed articles29.1K 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 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.5%6.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.0%2.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate