Topic summary
89% 7 analyzed articles/videos 3,650 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mergers & Acquisitions results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 2,225 hits . Analysis detected 13,823 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,217 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 50% (10,917 of 21,651 topics). This Mergers & Acquisitions is better (less manipulative) than 50.40% of the peer group. Mergers & Acquisitions
Topic details
Total words: 13,217
Article count: 7
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
50% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 49.6% percentile 2.5% BS Score7 analyzed articles13.2K 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% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.4% 4.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 16.8% 16.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.8% 9.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.1% 2.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.8% 5.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 10.1% 10.1% 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 16.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 11.1% Optimism Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 6.0% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 4.0% Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst