Topic summary
⁠38%2 analyzed articles/videos427 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rip Currents results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 442 hits. Analysis detected 2,219 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,508 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠47% (13,252 of 24,576 topics). This Rip Currents is better (less manipulative) than 53.90% of the peer group.
Rip Currents
Topic details
Total words: 4,508
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

46% percentile
025507510046.1% percentile
2.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.5K 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 4.0%4.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.9%5.9%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos