Topic summary
⁠92%1 analyzed article/video269 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US States results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 20.5% saturation with 221 hits. Analysis detected 997 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,076 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (2,579 of 24,218 topics). This US States is worse (more manipulative) than 89.40% of the peer group.
US States
Topic details
Total words: 1,076
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

89% percentile
025507510089.4% percentile
6.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.1K 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 8.1%8.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 20.5%20.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 10.4%10.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.7%11.7%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 7.0%7.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 10.2%10.2%

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 8.1%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 20.5%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 8.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Circular Reasoning: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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