Topic summary

⁠0%1 analyzed article/video4,237 analyzed words

BS Summary: These Historical Materialism results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 1,597 hits. Analysis detected 16,726 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,948 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠36% (10,749 of 16,562 topics). This Historical Materialism is better (less manipulative) than 64.90% of the peer group.

Historical Materialism

Topic ranking list

Percentile	Topic	BS Score
⁠0%	Uber	1%
⁠0%	Pittsburgh Pirates	1%
⁠0%	Opera	1%
⁠0%	Holocaust	1%
⁠0%	Privacy Policy	1%
⁠36%	Historical Materialism (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: 16,948

Article count: 1

Authors

David Harvey

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