Topic summary
81% 14 analyzed articles/videos 3,379 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Police Investigation results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 19.4% saturation with 2,612 hits . Analysis detected 11,172 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,491 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 44% (13,695 of 24,343 topics). This Police Investigation is better (less manipulative) than 56.30% of the peer group. Police Investigation
Topic details
Total words: 13,491
Article count: 14
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
44% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 43.7% percentile 2.2% BS Score14 analyzed articles13.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.7% 6.7% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 19.4% 19.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.6% 5.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 14.3% 14.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.4% 0.4% 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% Framing Effect: Topic 19.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Slippery Slope: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.7% Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst