Topic summary
98%8 analyzed articles/videos481 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Races results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 47% saturation with 1,097 hits. Analysis detected 5,169 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,332 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.3% and a BS Rank of 89% (2,745 of 23,432 topics). This Races is worse (more manipulative) than 88.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

88% percentile
025507510088.3% percentile
6.3% BS Score8 analyzed articles2.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 28.3%28.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 47.0%47.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.4%5.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 9.1%9.1%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 8.8%8.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 14.8%14.8%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 7.8%7.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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 47.0%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 28.3%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 21.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 9.1%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 9.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 1.4%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%False Dilemma: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 1.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.2%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.9%Bandwagon: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate