Topic summary
49% 6 analyzed articles/videos 876 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Accident results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 13.3% saturation with 1,259 hits . Analysis detected 5,698 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,476 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 35% (14,696 of 22,463 topics). This Accident is better (less manipulative) than 65.40% of the peer group. Accident
Topic details
Total words: 9,476
Article count: 6
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
35% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 34.6% percentile 1.9% BS Score6 analyzed articles9.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.9% 5.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.3% 7.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 13.3% 13.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.6% 1.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.4% 0.4% 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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9% Halo Effect: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0% False Dilemma: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst