Topic summary
68% 26 analyzed articles/videos 12,230 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Elections results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10% saturation with 7,181 hits . Analysis detected 57,504 faulty-reasoning hits from 71,770 analyzed words across 26 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 19% (17,895 of 21,946 topics). This Congressional Elections is better (less manipulative) than 81.50% of the peer group. Congressional Elections
Topic details
Total words: 71,770
Article count: 26
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
19% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 18.5% percentile 1.5% BS Score26 analyzed articles71.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 10.0% 10.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.8% 6.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.4% 5.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.3% 1.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.4% 3.4% 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 10.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst