Topic summary
83% 25 analyzed articles/videos 19,131 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Surveillance results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 9,781 hits . Analysis detected 91,982 faulty-reasoning hits from 114,823 analyzed words across 25 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 23% (18,977 of 24,561 topics). This Government Surveillance is better (less manipulative) than 77.30% of the peer group. Government Surveillance
Topic details
Total words: 114,823
Article count: 25
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
23% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 22.7% percentile 1.6% BS Score25 analyzed articles114.8K 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 8.4% 8.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.5% 8.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.3% 6.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.2% 0.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.1% 1.1% 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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Indoctrination: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst