Topic summary
81% 31 analyzed articles/videos 30,357 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Discourse results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 12.7% saturation with 16,975 hits . Analysis detected 137,969 faulty-reasoning hits from 134,025 analyzed words across 31 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 33% (14,744 of 21,923 topics). This Political Discourse is better (less manipulative) than 67.30% of the peer group. Political Discourse
Topic details
Total words: 134,025
Article count: 31
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
33% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 32.7% percentile 1.9% BS Score31 analyzed articles134K 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 4.3% 4.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.1% 5.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.7% 8.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 10.0% 10.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 12.7% 12.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.9% 2.9% 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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.4% Indoctrination: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.1% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.2% False Dilemma: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst