Topic summary
40% 6 analyzed articles/videos 3,284 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Online Debates results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Hasty Generalization , and Unattributed Quote , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 4.5% saturation with 689 hits . Analysis detected 9,232 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,288 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 15% (20,306 of 23,726 topics). This Online Debates is better (less manipulative) than 85.60% of the peer group. Online Debates
Topic details
Total words: 15,288
Article count: 6
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 14.4% percentile 1.4% BS Score6 analyzed articles15.3K 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 3.0% 3.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.2% 1.2% 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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.1% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst