Topic summary
⁠11%1 analyzed article/video565 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Utility Billing results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Anecdotal, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.2% saturation with 118 hits. Analysis detected 796 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,260 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠22% (19,326 of 24,545 topics). This Utility Billing is better (less manipulative) than 78.70% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,260
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510021.3% percentile
1.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K 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 1.3%1.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.2%5.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 1.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.6%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.9%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos