Topic summary
⁠89%3 analyzed articles/videos1,578 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Federal Legislation results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Indoctrination, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 15.5% saturation with 980 hits. Analysis detected 6,059 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,312 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠60% (9,863 of 24,545 topics). This Federal Legislation is worse (more manipulative) than 59.80% of the peer group.
Federal Legislation

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510059.8% percentile
2.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 15.5%15.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.3%9.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.7%6.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.4%9.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 6.6%6.6%

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 15.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 1.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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