Topic summary
⁠43%1 analyzed article/video1,903 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fresno results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 916 hits. Analysis detected 4,367 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,612 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (16,231 of 22,261 topics). This Fresno is better (less manipulative) than 72.90% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 7,612
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

27% percentile
025507510027.1% percentile
1.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles7.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 10.5%10.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.0%12.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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