Topic summary
66%1 analyzed article/video562 analyzed words
BS Summary: These North West results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14.7% saturation with 330 hits. Analysis detected 1,468 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,248 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 65% (8,357 of 23,802 topics). This North West is worse (more manipulative) than 64.90% of the peer group.
North West
Topic details
Total words: 2,248
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

65% percentile
025507510064.9% percentile
3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K 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 6.0%6.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.3%8.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.4%2.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 0.2%0.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 14.7%14.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 2.0%2.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 9.3%9.3%

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 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 14.7%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.1%Personal Incredulity: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.2%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.9%Tu Quoque: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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