Topic summary
⁠44%1 analyzed article/video342 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Security Update results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Representativeness Heuristic, Unattributed Quote, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 178 hits. Analysis detected 682 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,368 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠50% (11,053 of 22,108 topics). This Security Update is worse (more manipulative) than 50.00% of the peer group.
Security Update
Topic details
Total words: 1,368
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

50% percentile
025507510050.0% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K 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 2.6%2.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.0%13.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.5%2.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.2%1.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.0%2.0%

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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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