Topic summary
87% 99 analyzed articles/videos 102,609 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Accountability results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Confirmation Bias , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 47,637 hits . Analysis detected 382,435 faulty-reasoning hits from 457,480 analyzed words across 99 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 20% (17,796 of 22,211 topics). This Government Accountability is better (less manipulative) than 80.10% of the peer group. Government Accountability
Topic details
Total words: 457,480
Article count: 99
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.9% percentile 1.5% BS Score99 analyzed articles457.5K 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 6.4% 6.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.2% 6.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.4% 10.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.6% 0.6% 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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, 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 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst