Topic summary
12% 13 analyzed articles/videos 14,553 analyzed words
BS Summary: These African American History results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 3.5% saturation with 2,094 hits . Analysis detected 21,626 faulty-reasoning hits from 59,109 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 2% (23,139 of 23,574 topics). This African American History is better (less manipulative) than 98.20% of the peer group. African American History
Topic details
Total words: 59,109
Article count: 13
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.8% percentile 0.8% BS Score13 analyzed articles59.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.5% 0.5% 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 1.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst