Topic summary
33% 13 analyzed articles/videos 11,134 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Spending results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 3,406 hits . Analysis detected 25,344 faulty-reasoning hits from 46,594 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 9% (21,589 of 23,553 topics). This Political Spending is better (less manipulative) than 91.70% of the peer group. Political Spending
Topic details
Total words: 46,594
Article count: 13
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.3% percentile 1.2% BS Score13 analyzed articles46.6K analyzed words
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.9% 4.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 7.3% 7.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.5% 1.5% 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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst