Topic summary
⁠84%1 analyzed article/video1,273 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michigan Senate Primary results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.4% saturation with 630 hits. Analysis detected 3,744 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,092 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠38% (15,230 of 24,545 topics). This Michigan Senate Primary is better (less manipulative) than 62.00% of the peer group.
Michigan Senate Primary
Topic details
Total words: 5,092
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

38% percentile
025507510038.0% percentile
2.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.8%2.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 12.4%12.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.2%5.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.2%3.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%

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 12.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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