Topic summary
61% 12 analyzed articles/videos 8,385 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Historical Events results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.7% saturation with 4,298 hits . Analysis detected 21,367 faulty-reasoning hits from 44,481 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 4% (21,511 of 22,265 topics). This Historical Events is better (less manipulative) than 96.60% of the peer group. Historical Events
Topic details
Total words: 44,481
Article count: 12
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.4% percentile 1.0% BS Score12 analyzed articles44.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.7% 9.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% 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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst