Topic summary
94% 73 analyzed articles/videos 51,078 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Spending results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 27,682 hits . Analysis detected 243,383 faulty-reasoning hits from 240,491 analyzed words across 73 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 36% (15,918 of 24,545 topics). This Government Spending is better (less manipulative) than 64.90% of the peer group. Government Spending
Topic details
Total words: 240,491
Article count: 73
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
35% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 35.1% percentile 1.9% BS Score73 analyzed articles240.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.2% 9.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.5% 11.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 11.1% 11.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 9.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% False Dilemma: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst