Topic summary
27% 23 analyzed articles/videos 14,233 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Houston results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 4.4% saturation with 2,831 hits . Analysis detected 31,239 faulty-reasoning hits from 63,692 analyzed words across 23 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 4% (21,776 of 22,504 topics). This Houston is better (less manipulative) than 96.80% of the peer group. Houston
Topic details
Total words: 63,692
Article count: 23
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.2% percentile 1.0% BS Score23 analyzed articles63.7K 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 3.1% 3.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.4% 4.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.4% 0.4% 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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst