Topic summary
83% 103 analyzed articles/videos 62,197 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Us Senate results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 25,469 hits . Analysis detected 234,419 faulty-reasoning hits from 282,357 analyzed words across 103 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 22% (19,278 of 24,549 topics). This Us Senate is better (less manipulative) than 78.50% of the peer group. Us Senate
Topic details
Total words: 282,357
Article count: 103
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 21.5% percentile 1.5% BS Score103 analyzed articles282.4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.0% 9.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.5% 1.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 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 7.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst