Topic summary
⁠66%2 analyzed articles/videos639 analyzed words
BS Summary: These U S Department Of State results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 12.2% saturation with 313 hits. Analysis detected 1,945 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,556 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (8,259 of 21,675 topics). This U S Department Of State is worse (more manipulative) than 61.90% of the peer group.
U S Department Of State
Topic details
Total words: 2,556
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510061.9% percentile
3.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.6K 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 5.9%5.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.7%5.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.8%1.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 6.6%6.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 5.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.6%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Begging the Question: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.5%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.4%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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