Topic summary
2% 3 analyzed articles/videos 1,169 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Albany results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote , Availability Heuristic , and Self-Serving Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 1.5% saturation with 99 hits . Analysis detected 626 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,446 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of 1% (24,436 of 24,653 topics). This Albany is better (less manipulative) than 99.10% of the peer group. Albany
Topic details
Total words: 6,446
Article count: 3
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.9% percentile 0.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 5% 5% 10% 10% 15% 15% 20% 20% 25% 25% Negativity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.4% Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.8% Burden of Proof: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.4% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst