Topic summary
75%3 analyzed articles/videos1,439 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Republican results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Recency Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.7% saturation with 786 hits. Analysis detected 4,516 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,756 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 39% (13,731 of 22,391 topics). This Republican is better (less manipulative) than 61.30% of the peer group.
Republican

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

39% percentile
025507510038.7% percentile
2.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles5.8K 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 6.2%6.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.7%13.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 6.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate