Topic summary
39%1 analyzed article/video1,195 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legislative Impact results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 10% saturation with 480 hits. Analysis detected 3,135 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,780 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 47% (11,932 of 22,360 topics). This Legislative Impact is better (less manipulative) than 53.40% of the peer group.
Legislative Impact
Topic details
Total words: 4,780
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

47% percentile
025507510046.6% percentile
2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.8K 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 4.9%4.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.1%7.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.0%10.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.5%0.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 2.5%2.5%

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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos