Topic summary
57%4 analyzed articles/videos4,610 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Refugees results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 1,902 hits. Analysis detected 14,265 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,795 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 20% (19,224 of 23,748 topics). This Refugees is better (less manipulative) than 80.90% of the peer group.
Refugees
Topic details
Total words: 20,795
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510019.1% percentile
1.5% BS Score4 analyzed articles20.8K 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 9.2%9.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.8%7.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.4%4.4%

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 9.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate