Topic summary
⁠74%1 analyzed article/video811 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Canadian Taxpayers results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 19.3% saturation with 627 hits. Analysis detected 3,035 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,244 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠73% (6,721 of 24,088 topics). This Canadian Taxpayers is worse (more manipulative) than 72.10% of the peer group.
Canadian Taxpayers
Topic details
Total words: 3,244
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

72% percentile
025507510072.1% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K 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 13.5%13.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.6%4.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 12.9%12.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.8%3.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%

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 13.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 19.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.0%Composition/Division: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.1%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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