Topic summary
92% 9 analyzed articles/videos 6,458 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Politics results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 3,377 hits . Analysis detected 28,115 faulty-reasoning hits from 25,992 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 44% (13,790 of 24,572 topics). This Congressional Politics is better (less manipulative) than 56.10% of the peer group. Congressional Politics
Topic details
Total words: 25,992
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
44% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 43.9% percentile 2.2% BS Score9 analyzed articles26K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 11.1% 11.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.1% 8.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 13.0% 13.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.4% 9.4% 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 11.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.7% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.1% False Dilemma: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.5% Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst