Topic summary
86%11 analyzed articles/videos8,759 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Film Criticism results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 15% saturation with 4,755 hits. Analysis detected 38,979 faulty-reasoning hits from 31,623 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 49% (12,116 of 23,346 topics). This Film Criticism is better (less manipulative) than 51.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

48% percentile
025507510048.1% percentile
2.4% BS Score11 analyzed articles31.6K 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 4.8%4.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.0%5.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 15.0%15.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.7%11.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.1%6.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 15.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Straw Man: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate