Topic summary
20%14 analyzed articles/videos11,170 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Budgeting results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Anecdotal, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 5.9% saturation with 3,075 hits. Analysis detected 38,258 faulty-reasoning hits from 51,721 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 7% (15,468 of 16,562 topics). This Budgeting is better (less manipulative) than 93.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751006.6% percentile
1.5% BS Score14 analyzed articles51.7K 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 5.4%5.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.4%2.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.5%1.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.1%3.1%

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 5.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Documenters report: Officials shrink Blue Line budget gap from $279 million to $89 million7%
MinnPost17%By Twin Cities Documenters3%7/24/2026, 8:22:00 PM
San Antonio’s homicide decline is clear — it's less clear why32%
San Antonio Report7%By Diego Medel40%7/24/2026, 5:25:18 PM
Milwaukee Public Schools weighs sending more students on county buses to cut transportation costs20%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Alex Klaus19% Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service33%7/24/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Planning for future of Central Library, Lee Community Center moves up in county priorities4%
ARLnow.com27%By Scott McCaffrey21%7/23/2026, 6:45:40 PM
Opinion: Meeting the Moment? Mamdani’s Shift from Insurgent to Mayor57%
City Limits48%By Jeanmarie Evelly44%7/22/2026, 8:52:58 PM
Documenters report: Minneapolis park board seeks property tax increase3%
MinnPost17%By Twin Cities Documenters3%7/21/2026, 10:09:46 PM
A couple spent $21,000 on a nontraditional Hamptons wedding. It had 33 guests, estate-sale decor, and no dance floor.11%
Business Insider21%By Samantha Grindell Pettyjohn14%7/19/2026, 11:58:01 AM
Who’s going to fix California’s fiscal apocalypse?83%
American Thinker94%By J. Garvin Walsh64%7/19/2026, 12:00:00 AM
The Seattle City Council Didn’t Totally Screw Up Mayor Katie Wilson’s Biggest-Ever Seattle Transit Measure62%
The Stranger85%By Nathalie Graham62%7/17/2026, 12:40:00 AM
Chalkbeat News Feed52%
Chalkbeat15%7/15/2026, 10:18:45 PM