Topic summary
89% 204 analyzed articles/videos 192,339 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Foreign Policy results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 85,440 hits . Analysis detected 821,700 faulty-reasoning hits from 842,902 analyzed words across 204 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 29% (15,386 of 21,637 topics). This Foreign Policy is better (less manipulative) than 71.10% of the peer group. Foreign Policy
Topic details
Total words: 842,902
Article count: 204
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
29% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 28.9% percentile 1.8% BS Score204 analyzed articles842.9K 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 7.7% 7.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.1% 10.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.3% 1.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.7% 9.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.8% 1.8% 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 7.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst