Topic summary
20% 35 analyzed articles/videos 20,082 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Disasters results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.3% saturation with 5,435 hits . Analysis detected 34,545 faulty-reasoning hits from 103,006 analyzed words across 35 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of 1% (21,446 of 21,653 topics). This Disasters is better (less manipulative) than 99.00% of the peer group. Disasters
Topic details
Total words: 103,006
Article count: 35
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.0% percentile 0.7% BS Score35 analyzed articles103K 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 2.2% 2.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.9% 0.9% 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 2.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst