Topic summary
⁠44%1 analyzed article/video952 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Special Legislative Session results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 278 hits. Analysis detected 2,056 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,808 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠36% (15,768 of 24,545 topics). This Special Legislative Session is better (less manipulative) than 64.20% of the peer group.
Special Legislative Session
Topic details
Total words: 3,808
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

36% percentile
025507510035.8% percentile
1.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.8K 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 4.4%4.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.9%3.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.3%7.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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