Topic summary
93%2 analyzed articles/videos1,392 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Societal Change results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 40% saturation with 4,015 hits. Analysis detected 24,875 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,050 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of 85% (3,574 of 22,569 topics). This Societal Change is worse (more manipulative) than 84.20% of the peer group.
Societal Change
Topic details
Total words: 10,050
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

84% percentile
025507510084.2% percentile
5.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles10.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 40.0%40.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 27.7%27.7%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 20.5%20.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 8.6%8.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.9%8.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 12.1%12.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 8.4%8.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 11.4%11.4%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 40.0%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 27.7%, sitewide 8.1%Framing Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 26.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 20.5%, sitewide 1.4%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 6.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 3.1%Halo Effect: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.5%False Dilemma: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 4.0%Composition/Division: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos