Topic summary
81%74 analyzed articles/videos79,195 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Civil Liberties results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 30,166 hits. Analysis detected 276,365 faulty-reasoning hits from 352,098 analyzed words across 74 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 18% (18,505 of 22,519 topics). This Civil Liberties is better (less manipulative) than 82.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510017.8% percentile
1.5% BS Score74 analyzed articles352.1K 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 8.6%8.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.2%8.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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