Topic summary
80% 30 analyzed articles/videos 25,371 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Investigations results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.1% saturation with 15,279 hits . Analysis detected 82,445 faulty-reasoning hits from 116,744 analyzed words across 30 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 13% (20,055 of 22,909 topics). This Investigations is better (less manipulative) than 87.50% of the peer group. Investigations
Topic details
Total words: 116,744
Article count: 30
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
13% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.5% percentile 1.3% BS Score30 analyzed articles116.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.4% 4.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 13.1% 13.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.1% 4.1% 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 7.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.4% Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst