Topic summary
77% 9 analyzed articles/videos 4,942 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Investigations results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 2,239 hits . Analysis detected 22,227 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,372 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 32% (15,212 of 22,261 topics). This Political Investigations is better (less manipulative) than 68.30% of the peer group. Political Investigations
Topic details
Total words: 23,372
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
32% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 31.7% percentile 1.9% BS Score9 analyzed articles23.4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 7.5% 7.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.9% 8.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 9.6% 9.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.9% 0.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.3% 0.3% 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 7.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 2.0% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst