Topic summary
55% 39 analyzed articles/videos 42,558 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Flooding results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 18,507 hits . Analysis detected 78,697 faulty-reasoning hits from 175,078 analyzed words across 39 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 3% (23,202 of 23,715 topics). This Flooding is better (less manipulative) than 97.80% of the peer group. Flooding
Topic details
Total words: 175,078
Article count: 39
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.2% percentile 0.9% BS Score39 analyzed articles175.1K 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 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.6% 10.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 0.8% 0.8% 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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, 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 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst