Topic summary
95%8 analyzed articles/videos3,140 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scandals results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 17.6% saturation with 2,819 hits. Analysis detected 21,274 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,016 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 57% (9,730 of 22,481 topics). This Scandals is worse (more manipulative) than 56.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

57% percentile
025507510056.7% percentile
2.8% BS Score8 analyzed articles16K 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 9.9%9.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 17.6%17.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.8%2.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.7%15.7%

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 9.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.7%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.6%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 7.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 3.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate