Topic summary
95% 8 analyzed articles/videos 8,928 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Senate Confirmations results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 18.4% saturation with 6,141 hits . Analysis detected 42,359 faulty-reasoning hits from 33,335 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 51% (11,814 of 23,710 topics). This Senate Confirmations is worse (more manipulative) than 50.20% of the peer group. Senate Confirmations
Topic details
Total words: 33,335
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
50% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 50.2% percentile 2.4% BS Score8 analyzed articles33.3K analyzed words
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.9% 5.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 18.4% 18.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 12.3% 12.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 9.1% 9.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Topic 6.0% 6.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.3% 0.3% 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 5.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 19.2% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 18.4%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 2.0% Ad Hominem: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 2.2% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.4% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Begging the Question: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst