Topic summary
83%8 analyzed articles/videos3,741 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Internet Regulation results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 18.7% saturation with 4,529 hits. Analysis detected 29,481 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,276 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 48% (11,719 of 22,261 topics). This Internet Regulation is better (less manipulative) than 52.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

47% percentile
025507510047.4% percentile
2.4% BS Score8 analyzed articles24.3K 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 6.7%6.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 18.7%18.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.9%11.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.2%9.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.2%0.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 6.7%6.7%

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 6.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 18.7%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 1.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate