Topic summary
79% 111 analyzed articles/videos 93,590 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Social Issues results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Hasty Generalization , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 37,819 hits . Analysis detected 347,575 faulty-reasoning hits from 425,050 analyzed words across 111 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 21% (19,212 of 24,088 topics). This Social Issues is better (less manipulative) than 79.80% of the peer group. Social Issues
Topic details
Total words: 425,050
Article count: 111
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 20.2% percentile 1.5% BS Score111 analyzed articles425.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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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% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.9% 8.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.8% 5.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.2% 1.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.8% 0.8% 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 8.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst