Topic summary
54%3 analyzed articles/videos2,537 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Racial Gerrymandering results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 694 hits. Analysis detected 6,031 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,330 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 17% (19,135 of 22,835 topics). This Racial Gerrymandering is better (less manipulative) than 83.80% of the peer group.
Racial Gerrymandering
Topic details
Total words: 9,330
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510016.2% percentile
1.4% BS Score3 analyzed articles9.3K 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 5.3%5.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.6%5.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate