Topic summary
50% 9 analyzed articles/videos 11,263 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American Culture results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Halo Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 2,857 hits . Analysis detected 24,246 faulty-reasoning hits from 41,683 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 10% (20,074 of 22,261 topics). This American Culture is better (less manipulative) than 90.20% of the peer group. American Culture
Topic details
Total words: 41,683
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.8% percentile 1.3% BS Score9 analyzed articles41.7K 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 2.7% 2.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.6% 1.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.2% 0.2% 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 2.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 5.3% Halo Effect: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst