Topic summary

⁠2%1 analyzed article/video3,053 analyzed words

BS Summary: These Methodology results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Self-Serving Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 4.9% saturation with 594 hits. Analysis detected 3,165 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,212 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (12,723 of 12,748 topics). This Methodology is better (less manipulative) than 99.80% of the peer group.

Methodology

Topic ranking list

Percentile	Topic	BS Score
⁠0%	Holocaust	1%
⁠0%	Self-Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Self Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Survival Stories	1%
⁠0%	Pizza Oven	1%
⁠1%	Methodology (selected)	1%
⁠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: 12,212

Article count: 1

Authors

Angie Drobnic Holan

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The Principles of the Truth-O-Meter: PolitiFact’s methodology for independent fact-checking⁠^5%

PolitiFact⁠^4%By Angie Drobnic Holan⁠^3%2/12/2018, 12:00:00 AM