Topic summary
55% 99 analyzed articles/videos 46,284 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Homicide results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 17,180 hits . Analysis detected 108,482 faulty-reasoning hits from 202,826 analyzed words across 99 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 4% (20,838 of 21,656 topics). This Homicide is better (less manipulative) than 96.20% of the peer group. Homicide
Topic details
Total words: 202,826
Article count: 99
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.8% percentile 1.0% BS Score99 analyzed articles202.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.5% 8.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.3% 6.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.2% 3.2% 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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst