Topic summary
36% 8 analyzed articles/videos 5,399 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Smoke results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Availability Heuristic , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 2,096 hits . Analysis detected 9,647 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,855 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 8% (22,765 of 24,545 topics). This Smoke is better (less manipulative) than 92.70% of the peer group. Smoke
Topic details
Total words: 20,855
Article count: 8
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.3% percentile 1.1% BS Score8 analyzed articles20.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.1% 10.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.0% 1.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 0.4% 0.4% 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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst