Topic summary
70% 510 analyzed articles/videos 209,088 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Crime results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 84,258 hits . Analysis detected 637,242 faulty-reasoning hits from 959,075 analyzed words across 509 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 10% (21,210 of 23,473 topics). This Crime is better (less manipulative) than 90.40% of the peer group. Crime
Topic details
Total words: 959,075
Article count: 509
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.6% percentile 1.2% BS Score509 analyzed articles959.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.6% 5.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.8% 8.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.7% 5.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.9% 2.9% 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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst