Topic summary
⁠6%1 analyzed article/video537 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scandoval results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Actor-Observer Bias, Ad Hominem, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 7.2% saturation with 116 hits. Analysis detected 303 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,611 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠57% (10,443 of 23,769 topics). This Scandoval is worse (more manipulative) than 56.10% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,611
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

56% percentile
025507510056.1% percentile
2.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 7.2%7.2%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Topic 2.3%2.3%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 2.0%2.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 15.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 3.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.6%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Red Herring: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos