Topic summary
⁠78%6 analyzed articles/videos12,802 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American Independence results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, In-Group Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7.8% saturation with 2,499 hits. Analysis detected 23,085 faulty-reasoning hits from 31,896 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (18,208 of 23,764 topics). This American Independence is better (less manipulative) than 76.60% of the peer group.
American Independence

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

23% percentile
025507510023.4% percentile
1.6% BS Score6 analyzed articles31.9K 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 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.1%6.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.7%2.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.1%0.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.3%2.3%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos