Topic summary
80% 40 analyzed articles/videos 37,001 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Surveillance results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 18,133 hits . Analysis detected 124,507 faulty-reasoning hits from 158,104 analyzed words across 40 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 19% (18,658 of 22,835 topics). This Surveillance is better (less manipulative) than 81.70% of the peer group. Surveillance
Topic details
Total words: 158,104
Article count: 40
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
18% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 18.3% percentile 1.5% BS Score40 analyzed articles158.1K 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 6.4% 6.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.5% 5.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.5% 11.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.4% 0.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.2% 1.2% 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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, 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 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst