Topic summary
⁠30%3 analyzed articles/videos495 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Military Appointments results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 356 hits. Analysis detected 1,294 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,042 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (16,722 of 23,947 topics). This Military Appointments is better (less manipulative) than 69.80% of the peer group.
Military Appointments
Topic details
Total words: 4,042
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

30% percentile
025507510030.2% percentile
1.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles4K 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 0.8%0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.1%2.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 8.8%8.8%

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 0.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos