Topic summary
⁠56%1 analyzed article/video528 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Waste results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Hasty Generalization, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 26.3% saturation with 417 hits. Analysis detected 1,249 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,584 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (2,612 of 24,564 topics). This Government Waste is worse (more manipulative) than 89.40% of the peer group.
Government Waste
Topic details
Total words: 1,584
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

89% percentile
025507510089.4% percentile
6.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 26.3%26.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.1%8.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 7.9%7.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.3%12.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.6%2.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 1.5%1.5%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 3.6%3.6%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Topic 2.4%2.4%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 26.3%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Horn Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.0%Begging the Question: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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