Topic summary
9% 3 analyzed articles/videos 585 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Death & Tragedy results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 3.2% saturation with 99 hits . Analysis detected 777 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,066 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 10% (21,615 of 23,786 topics). This Death & Tragedy is better (less manipulative) than 90.90% of the peer group. Death & Tragedy
Topic details
Total words: 3,066
Article count: 3
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
9% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.1% percentile 1.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles3.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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 1.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.8% Special Pleading: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst