Topic summary
48% 13 analyzed articles/videos 10,231 analyzed words
BS Summary: These South America results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.2% saturation with 3,167 hits . Analysis detected 25,189 faulty-reasoning hits from 44,169 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 8% (22,601 of 24,579 topics). This South America is better (less manipulative) than 92.00% of the peer group. South America
Topic details
Total words: 44,169
Article count: 13
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.0% percentile 1.1% BS Score13 analyzed articles44.2K 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 6.3% 6.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.0% 2.0% 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 6.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst