Topic summary
69% 18 analyzed articles/videos 21,883 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Founding Fathers results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Emotion , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 9,087 hits . Analysis detected 88,649 faulty-reasoning hits from 96,802 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 28% (17,788 of 24,545 topics). This Founding Fathers is better (less manipulative) than 72.50% of the peer group. Founding Fathers
Topic details
Total words: 96,802
Article count: 18
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
28% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 27.5% percentile 1.7% BS Score18 analyzed articles96.8K 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 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.1% 5.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.9% 5.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.3% 1.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.4% 9.4% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 0.4% 0.4% 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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.0% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst