Topic summary
⁠33%2 analyzed articles/videos865 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Word Puzzles results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Bandwagon, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 17.5% saturation with 606 hits. Analysis detected 1,560 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,460 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠35% (16,167 of 24,545 topics). This Word Puzzles is better (less manipulative) than 65.90% of the peer group.
Word Puzzles
Topic details
Total words: 3,460
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

34% percentile
025507510034.1% percentile
1.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.5K 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 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 17.5%17.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 19.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 17.5%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Bandwagon: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.5%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.8%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos