Topic summary
24%2 analyzed articles/videos1,294 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gun Crime results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Negativity Bias, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 671 hits. Analysis detected 2,264 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,176 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 33% (16,643 of 24,545 topics). This Gun Crime is better (less manipulative) than 67.80% of the peer group.
Gun Crime
Topic details
Total words: 5,176
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

32% percentile
025507510032.2% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.2K 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 1.0%1.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.1%2.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.6%1.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%

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 1.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Red Herring: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.7%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.8%Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate