Topic summary
⁠69%4 analyzed articles/videos1,480 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Guns results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14% saturation with 827 hits. Analysis detected 6,000 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,920 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (10,029 of 21,813 topics). This Guns is worse (more manipulative) than 54.00% of the peer group.
Guns
Topic details
Total words: 5,920
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

54% percentile
025507510054.0% percentile
2.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles5.9K 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 4.8%4.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%

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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Begging the Question: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.4%Recency Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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