Topic summary
66% 19 analyzed articles/videos 7,912 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kidnapping results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Biased Writer Voice , and Confirmation Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 4,280 hits . Analysis detected 27,773 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,362 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 20% (17,957 of 22,287 topics). This Kidnapping is better (less manipulative) than 80.60% of the peer group. Kidnapping
Topic details
Total words: 40,362
Article count: 19
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
19% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.4% percentile 1.5% BS Score19 analyzed articles40.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.7% 4.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.6% 10.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.4% 7.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.4% 4.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.7% 0.7% 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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst