Topic summary
76%2 analyzed articles/videos846 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thriller results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 20.5% saturation with 1,156 hits. Analysis detected 5,202 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,644 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 60% (10,028 of 24,545 topics). This Thriller is worse (more manipulative) than 59.10% of the peer group.
Thriller
Topic details
Total words: 5,644
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

59% percentile
025507510059.1% percentile
2.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.9%3.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 20.5%20.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.0%1.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.3%2.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 3.8%3.8%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 20.5%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate