Topic summary
⁠28%2 analyzed articles/videos701 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Affairs results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 284 hits. Analysis detected 2,098 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,264 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠30% (17,193 of 24,545 topics). This Affairs is better (less manipulative) than 70.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 4,264
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

30% percentile
025507510030.0% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.3K 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 3.9%3.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.7%6.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.5%4.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.4%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos