Topic summary
98%3 analyzed articles/videos2,696 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Obama Administration results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 28% saturation with 3,021 hits. Analysis detected 18,021 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,784 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 71% (7,157 of 24,545 topics). This Obama Administration is worse (more manipulative) than 70.80% of the peer group.
Obama Administration
Topic details
Total words: 10,784
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

71% percentile
025507510070.8% percentile
3.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles10.8K 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 28.0%28.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.3%8.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 8.5%8.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 6.4%6.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 28.0%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 4.6%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 1.4%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Straw Man: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.0%Begging the Question: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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