Topic summary
0% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,084 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cities results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Negativity Bias , and Pessimism Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 633 hits . Analysis detected 5,020 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,336 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 10% (14,627 of 16,250 topics). This Cities is better (less manipulative) than 90.00% of the peer group. Cities
Topic details
Total words: 8,336
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.0% percentile 1.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles8.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.6% 1.6% 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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst