Topic summary
8% 8 analyzed articles/videos 5,068 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Firearms results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Unattributed Quote , with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 3% saturation with 1,170 hits . Analysis detected 11,480 faulty-reasoning hits from 39,382 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of 1% (21,848 of 22,001 topics). This Firearms is better (less manipulative) than 99.30% of the peer group. Firearms
Topic details
Total words: 39,382
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.7% percentile 0.7% BS Score8 analyzed articles39.4K 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 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 0.9% 0.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.7% 2.7% 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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst