Topic summary
⁠66%4 analyzed articles/videos8,919 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Imperialism results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 3,694 hits. Analysis detected 30,920 faulty-reasoning hits from 35,676 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (17,434 of 24,545 topics). This Imperialism is better (less manipulative) than 71.00% of the peer group.
Imperialism
Topic details
Total words: 35,676
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

29% percentile
025507510029.0% percentile
1.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles35.7K 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 4.6%4.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.7%7.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.6%4.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 8.3%8.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.2%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos