Topic summary
⁠56%4 analyzed articles/videos7,505 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cold War results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 6.6% saturation with 1,524 hits. Analysis detected 13,824 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,100 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠14% (21,135 of 24,389 topics). This Cold War is better (less manipulative) than 86.70% of the peer group.
Cold War
Topic details
Total words: 23,100
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510013.3% percentile
1.3% BS Score4 analyzed articles23.1K 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 4.3%4.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.0%6.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.1%0.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%

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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos