Topic summary

⁠0%1 analyzed article/video

BS Summary: These On This Day results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.5% saturation with 232 hits. Analysis detected 774 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,494 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of ⁠0% (0 of 14,345 topics). This On This Day is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group.

On This Day

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Percentile	Topic	BS Score
⁠0%	Holocaust	1%
⁠0%	Privacy Policy	1%
⁠0%	Terms Of Use	1%
⁠0%	Self-Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Self Driving Cars	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%
⁠0%	On This Day (selected)	0%

Topic details

Total words: 1,494

Article count: 1

Authors

Associated Press

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