Topic summary
⁠51%3 analyzed articles/videos1,160 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Hearings results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Hindsight Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 422 hits. Analysis detected 3,480 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,640 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠57% (9,631 of 22,231 topics). This Government Hearings is worse (more manipulative) than 56.70% of the peer group.
Government Hearings
Topic details
Total words: 4,640
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

57% percentile
025507510056.7% percentile
2.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.6K 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 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.7%6.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 6.2%6.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.6%2.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.4%2.4%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 7.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 1.4%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Bandwagon: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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