Topic summary
51%7 analyzed articles/videos4,455 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Presidential Elections results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 2,342 hits. Analysis detected 20,992 faulty-reasoning hits from 30,932 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 15% (19,298 of 22,453 topics). This Presidential Elections is better (less manipulative) than 85.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

14% percentile
025507510014.1% percentile
1.4% BS Score7 analyzed articles30.9K 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 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate