Topic summary
⁠15%1 analyzed article/video414 analyzed words
BS Summary: These U S News And World Report results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Halo Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 7.1% saturation with 117 hits. Analysis detected 596 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,656 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠39% (15,110 of 24,491 topics). This U S News And World Report is better (less manipulative) than 61.70% of the peer group.
U S News And World Report
Topic details
Total words: 1,656
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

38% percentile
025507510038.3% percentile
2.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.7K 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 7.1%7.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.5%4.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.8%2.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.9%1.9%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 7.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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