Topic summary

⁠67%1 analyzed article/video2,015 analyzed words

BS Summary: These Fear Of The Unknown results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Appeal to Authority, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 633 hits. Analysis detected 4,276 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,045 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠30% (10,293 of 14,515 topics). This Fear Of The Unknown is better (less manipulative) than 70.90% of the peer group.

Fear Of The Unknown

Topic ranking list

Percentile	Topic	BS Score
⁠0%	Holocaust	1%
⁠0%	Privacy Policy	1%
⁠0%	Terms Of Use	1%
⁠0%	Self-Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Self Driving Cars	1%
⁠30%	Fear Of The Unknown (selected)	3%
⁠100%	Radio Roundup / Week In Review	60%
⁠100%	E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	E Bikes Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell	69%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell	69%

Topic details

Total words: 6,045

Article count: 1

Authors

Sarah Wright

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Fear Of The Unknown vs sitewide

Fear Of The Unknown attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

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