Topic summary
88% 1 analyzed article/video 454 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Volkswagen results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Appeal to Authority , and Framing Effect , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 32.6% saturation with 592 hits . Analysis detected 1,358 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,816 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of 78% (5,461 of 24,545 topics). This Volkswagen is worse (more manipulative) than 77.80% of the peer group. Volkswagen
Topic details
Total words: 1,816
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
78% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 77.8% percentile 4.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Topic 32.6% 32.6% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 7.5% 7.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 2.7% 2.7% 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% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 32.6%, sitewide 0.5% Framing Effect: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 9.1% Halo Effect: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 6.7% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5% Appeal to Nature: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst