Topic summary
71% 7 analyzed articles/videos 5,319 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Ethics results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Confirmation Bias , and Availability Heuristic , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.7% saturation with 1,761 hits . Analysis detected 14,280 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,081 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 32% (16,906 of 24,545 topics). This Media Ethics is better (less manipulative) than 68.90% of the peer group. Media Ethics
Topic details
Total words: 18,081
Article count: 7
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
31% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 31.1% percentile 1.8% BS Score7 analyzed articles18.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.7% 9.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.2% 0.2% 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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.8% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst