Topic summary
68% 16 analyzed articles/videos 14,352 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Utah results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 4,402 hits . Analysis detected 37,697 faulty-reasoning hits from 50,482 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 15% (18,984 of 22,261 topics). This Utah is better (less manipulative) than 85.30% of the peer group. Utah
Topic details
Total words: 50,482
Article count: 15
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
15% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 14.7% percentile 1.4% BS Score15 analyzed articles50.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 7.7% 7.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.7% 8.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.2% 6.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.6% 1.6% 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 7.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst