Topic summary
70%1 analyzed article/video1,022 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Iroquois Theatre Fire results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Anecdotal, and Hindsight Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 12.2% saturation with 499 hits. Analysis detected 3,951 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,088 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 64% (8,935 of 24,545 topics). This Iroquois Theatre Fire is worse (more manipulative) than 63.60% of the peer group.
Iroquois Theatre Fire
Topic details
Total words: 4,088
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510063.6% percentile
3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.1K 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 2.7%2.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.6%11.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 8.5%8.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 10.3%10.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.2%12.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hindsight Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.9%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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