Topic summary
9% 3 analyzed articles/videos 1,514 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Identity Theft results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.3% saturation with 289 hits . Analysis detected 1,583 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,712 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 3% (23,862 of 24,545 topics). This Identity Theft is better (less manipulative) than 97.20% of the peer group. Identity Theft
Topic details
Total words: 6,712
Article count: 3
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.8% percentile 0.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% 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 0.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% Indoctrination: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0% False Dilemma: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.8% Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst