Topic summary
⁠77%1 analyzed article/video712 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Audit results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Confirmation Bias, and Anchoring Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 23% saturation with 655 hits. Analysis detected 2,269 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,848 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (11,751 of 24,468 topics). This Audit is worse (more manipulative) than 52.00% of the peer group.
Audit
Topic details
Total words: 2,848
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

52% percentile
025507510052.0% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 13.9%13.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 23.0%23.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.5%2.5%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 13.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 23.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.5%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.3%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.4%Special Pleading: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos