Topic summary
⁠88%1 analyzed article/video97 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Conventions results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 31.2% saturation with 121 hits. Analysis detected 807 faulty-reasoning hits from 388 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 11.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠96% (929 of 21,765 topics). This Political Conventions is worse (more manipulative) than 95.70% of the peer group.
Political Conventions
Topic details
Total words: 388
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

96% percentile
025507510095.7% percentile
11.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles388 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 31.2%31.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 27.8%27.8%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 13.9%13.9%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Topic 10.3%10.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 13.9%13.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 13.9%13.9%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Topic 7.0%7.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 10.3%10.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 7.0%7.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 12.6%12.6%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 31.2%, sitewide 5.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 27.8%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity Bias: Topic 20.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 6.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.6%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 5.2%Primacy Effect: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 0.9%Horn Effect: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 1.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 2.0%Halo Effect: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 6.7%Bandwagon: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 2.2%Composition/Division: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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