Topic summary
⁠25%2 analyzed articles/videos900 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Friends results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Anecdotal, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 4.8% saturation with 953 hits. Analysis detected 4,040 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,714 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (23,277 of 23,465 topics). This Friends is better (less manipulative) than 99.20% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 19,714
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751000.8% percentile
0.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles19.7K 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 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.1%Straw Man: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos