Topic summary
⁠71%3 analyzed articles/videos1,083 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Traffic Violations results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Confirmation Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 463 hits. Analysis detected 4,004 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,976 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠55% (11,137 of 24,545 topics). This Traffic Violations is worse (more manipulative) than 54.60% of the peer group.
Traffic Violations
Topic details
Total words: 4,976
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

55% percentile
025507510054.6% percentile
2.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles5K 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 9.3%9.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.7%7.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.9%4.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 9.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.1%Begging the Question: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos