Topic summary
⁠72%1 analyzed article/video374 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Vandalism Case results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Fundamental Attribution Error, Negativity Bias, and Ad Hominem, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 157 hits. Analysis detected 1,263 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,496 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (6,324 of 22,341 topics). This Vandalism Case is worse (more manipulative) than 71.70% of the peer group.
Vandalism Case
Topic details
Total words: 1,496
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

72% percentile
025507510071.7% percentile
3.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K 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 2.1%2.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.4%9.4%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 10.3%10.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.8%7.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.6%1.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 10.5%10.5%

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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 7.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 2.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.9%Straw Man: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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