Topic summary
81% 8 analyzed articles/videos 3,744 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congressional Voting results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Negativity Bias , and Biased Writer Voice , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.7% saturation with 2,718 hits . Analysis detected 19,657 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,323 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 35% (16,151 of 24,545 topics). This Congressional Voting is better (less manipulative) than 65.80% of the peer group. Congressional Voting
Topic details
Total words: 21,323
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
34% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 34.2% percentile 1.9% BS Score8 analyzed articles21.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 12.8% 12.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 7.9% 7.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 9.7% 9.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% 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 12.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.4% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% False Dilemma: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst