Topic summary

⁠6%1 analyzed article/video766 analyzed words

BS Summary: These Proxy Abuse results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Hasty Generalization, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 5.6% saturation with 173 hits. Analysis detected 906 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,064 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠14% (18,304 of 21,184 topics). This Proxy Abuse is better (less manipulative) than 86.40% of the peer group.

Proxy Abuse

Topic ranking list

Percentile	Topic	BS Score
⁠0%	4-H Schedule	1%
⁠0%	4 H Schedule	1%
⁠0%	Musician Biographies	1%
⁠0%	Back-To-School	1%
⁠0%	Cleveland Politics	1%
⁠14%	Proxy Abuse (selected)	2%
⁠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: 3,064

Article count: 1

Authors

Swati Khandelwal

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