Topic summary
70%8 analyzed articles/videos4,831 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Intelligence Community results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.4% saturation with 2,322 hits. Analysis detected 18,380 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,452 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 39% (14,139 of 22,944 topics). This Intelligence Community is better (less manipulative) than 61.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

38% percentile
025507510038.4% percentile
2.0% BS Score8 analyzed articles20.5K 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 7.4%7.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.3%7.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.3%11.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%

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 7.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate