Topic summary
â 83% 11 analyzed articles/videos 8,935 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Maine Politics results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 4,761 hits . Analysis detected 42,186 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,514 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of â 43% (14,185 of 24,545 topics). This Maine Politics is better (less manipulative) than 57.80% of the peer group. Maine Politics
Topic details
Total words: 40,514
Article count: 11
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
42% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 42.2% percentile 2.1% BS Score11 analyzed articles40.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0â50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.5% 6.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.3% 9.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.6% 6.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 11.8% 11.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 4.5% 4.5% 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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.1% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst