Topic summary
82% 499 analyzed articles/videos 327,135 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Elections results contain 55 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 135,466 hits . Analysis detected 1,341,687 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,552,696 analyzed words across 497 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 21% (17,320 of 21,706 topics). This Elections is better (less manipulative) than 79.80% of the peer group. Elections
Topic details
Total words: 1,552,696
Article count: 497
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 20.2% percentile 1.6% BS Score497 analyzed articles1.6M analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.4% 8.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.7% 8.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.5% 5.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.9% 1.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.5% 1.5% 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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.0% Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst