Topic summary
76% 27 analyzed articles/videos 13,653 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Transparency results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 11,751 hits . Analysis detected 87,144 faulty-reasoning hits from 106,960 analyzed words across 27 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 21% (18,477 of 23,189 topics). This Government Transparency is better (less manipulative) than 79.70% of the peer group. Government Transparency
Topic details
Total words: 106,960
Article count: 27
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 20.3% percentile 1.5% BS Score27 analyzed articles107K analyzed words
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.3% 5.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.0% 11.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.5% 0.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.0% 9.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.4% 4.4% 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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.0% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst