Topic summary
98% 24 analyzed articles/videos 971 analyzed words
BS Summary: These United States (nation) results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Negativity Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 42.5% saturation with 2,782 hits . Analysis detected 14,664 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,548 analyzed words across 24 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.6% and a BS Rank of 87% (3,297 of 23,773 topics). This United States (nation) is worse (more manipulative) than 86.10% of the peer group. United States (nation)
Topic details
Total words: 6,548
Article count: 24
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
86% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 86.1% percentile 5.6% BS Score24 analyzed articles6.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 31.1% 31.1% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 42.5% 42.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Topic 8.4% 8.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 9.5% 9.5% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Topic 8.5% 8.5% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Topic 5.1% 5.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 24.3% 24.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Topic 5.7% 5.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Topic 6.6% 6.6% 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 42.5%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 31.1%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Topic 24.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 9.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 8.5%, sitewide 3.3% Unattributed Quote: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 1.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 2.0% Optimism Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 5.7%, sitewide 0.8% Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Recency Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.0% Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.9% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Primacy Effect: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst