Topic summary
⁠22%3 analyzed articles/videos3,457 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legislative Races results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Self-Serving Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 4.2% saturation with 721 hits. Analysis detected 5,836 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,074 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (23,702 of 24,545 topics). This Legislative Races is better (less manipulative) than 96.60% of the peer group.
Legislative Races

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751003.4% percentile
0.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles17.1K 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 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos