Topic summary
76%42 analyzed articles/videos31,550 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Military Conflict results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 16,466 hits. Analysis detected 114,098 faulty-reasoning hits from 126,306 analyzed words across 42 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 26% (16,206 of 21,639 topics). This Military Conflict is better (less manipulative) than 74.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

25% percentile
025507510025.1% percentile
1.7% BS Score42 analyzed articles126.3K 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 10.3%10.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.6%6.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.0%13.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.1%5.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 10.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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