Topic summary
86% 34 analyzed articles/videos 6,564 analyzed words
BS Summary: These North America results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 19.9% saturation with 5,893 hits . Analysis detected 35,192 faulty-reasoning hits from 29,580 analyzed words across 34 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 50% (11,938 of 23,819 topics). This North America is better (less manipulative) than 50.10% of the peer group. North America
Topic details
Total words: 29,580
Article count: 34
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
50% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 49.9% percentile 2.4% BS Score34 analyzed articles29.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.6% 11.6% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 19.9% 19.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.5% 4.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 11.2% 11.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.1% 4.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 4.7% 4.7% 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 19.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.8%, sitewide 3.3% Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2% Indoctrination: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst