Topic summary
⁠36%3 analyzed articles/videos1,230 analyzed words
BS Summary: These U.s. & World results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 619 hits. Analysis detected 2,878 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,920 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠40% (13,547 of 22,261 topics). This U.s. & World is better (less manipulative) than 60.90% of the peer group.
U.s. & World

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

39% percentile
025507510039.1% percentile
2.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.9K 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 2.5%2.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.0%4.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 12.6%12.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.2%2.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%

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 2.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Topic 12.6%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.1%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.8%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.6%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos