Topic summary
67% 37 analyzed articles/videos 18,805 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Obituaries results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 15.8% saturation with 16,073 hits . Analysis detected 76,297 faulty-reasoning hits from 101,914 analyzed words across 37 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 16% (18,772 of 22,261 topics). This Obituaries is better (less manipulative) than 84.30% of the peer group. Obituaries
Topic details
Total words: 101,914
Article count: 37
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
16% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 15.7% percentile 1.4% BS Score37 analyzed articles101.9K 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% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.4% 6.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 15.8% 15.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.5% 1.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% 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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 15.9% Halo Effect: Topic 15.8%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst