Topic summary
77%1 analyzed article/video816 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US House Races results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.5% saturation with 506 hits. Analysis detected 3,505 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,264 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 78% (5,405 of 23,566 topics). This US House Races is worse (more manipulative) than 77.10% of the peer group.
US House Races
Topic details
Total words: 3,264
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

77% percentile
025507510077.1% percentile
4.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.3K 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 8.0%8.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.6%4.6%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 12.3%12.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 13.8%13.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.5%15.5%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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 8.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.8%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 6.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.4%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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