Topic summary
70%8 analyzed articles/videos4,716 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pardons results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 3,154 hits. Analysis detected 21,081 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,700 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 41% (13,322 of 22,333 topics). This Pardons is better (less manipulative) than 59.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510040.4% percentile
2.1% BS Score8 analyzed articles20.7K 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 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.4%9.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 11.2%11.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 6.1%6.1%

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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 1.4%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate