Topic summary
79%6 analyzed articles/videos3,272 analyzed words
BS Summary: These January 6th Capitol Attack results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.9% saturation with 2,680 hits. Analysis detected 20,631 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,697 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 43% (14,224 of 24,545 topics). This January 6th Capitol Attack is better (less manipulative) than 57.90% of the peer group.
January 6th Capitol Attack

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

42% percentile
025507510042.1% percentile
2.1% BS Score6 analyzed articles20.7K 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 9.2%9.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.1%6.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 12.8%12.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.1%0.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.9%12.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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 9.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate