Topic summary
85%7 analyzed articles/videos5,831 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mail In Ballots results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 12.9% saturation with 2,955 hits. Analysis detected 20,875 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,865 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 34% (16,293 of 24,545 topics). This Mail In Ballots is better (less manipulative) than 66.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

34% percentile
025507510033.6% percentile
1.9% BS Score7 analyzed articles22.9K 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 8.0%8.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.0%8.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.2%7.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 12.9%12.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.2%0.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%

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 8.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate