Topic summary
90%7 analyzed articles/videos3,134 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Promotions results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Halo Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 38.7% saturation with 5,503 hits. Analysis detected 14,676 faulty-reasoning hits from 14,215 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 64% (8,840 of 24,545 topics). This Promotions is worse (more manipulative) than 64.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 14,215
Article count: 7
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510064.0% percentile
3.0% BS Score7 analyzed articles14.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 38.7%38.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.3%2.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 10.5%10.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.6%4.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.0%2.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 38.7%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.5%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateTopic rate