Topic summary
⁠88%3 analyzed articles/videos1,522 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Mergers results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 22.3% saturation with 1,799 hits. Analysis detected 10,653 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,052 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠68% (7,397 of 22,513 topics). This Media Mergers is worse (more manipulative) than 67.10% of the peer group.
Media Mergers
Topic details
Total words: 8,052
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

67% percentile
025507510067.1% percentile
3.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 22.3%22.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 11.3%11.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.4%11.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 11.3%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 22.3%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.0%Begging the Question: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos