Topic summary
22%3 analyzed articles/videos965 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Car Theft results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Unattributed Quote, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 316 hits. Analysis detected 1,671 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,728 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 24% (18,650 of 24,545 topics). This Car Theft is better (less manipulative) than 76.00% of the peer group.
Car Theft

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

24% percentile
025507510024.0% percentile
1.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.7K 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 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.7%6.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.4%2.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%

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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.8%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.5%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate