Topic summary
⁠38%1 analyzed article/video909 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hoaxes results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 323 hits. Analysis detected 2,779 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,636 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠45% (12,564 of 22,493 topics). This Hoaxes is better (less manipulative) than 55.90% of the peer group.
Hoaxes
Topic details
Total words: 3,636
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

44% percentile
025507510044.1% percentile
2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.6K 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 5.1%5.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.1%6.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 7.6%7.6%

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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 4.6%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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