Topic summary
0%24 analyzed articles/videos18,801 analyzed words
BS Summary: These City results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Hasty Generalization, and Halo Effect, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 6,818 hits. Analysis detected 62,892 faulty-reasoning hits from 73,928 analyzed words across 24 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 12% (13,468 of 15,257 topics). This City is better (less manipulative) than 88.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

12% percentile
025507510011.7% percentile
1.7% BS Score24 analyzed articles73.9K 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 7.3%7.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.0%6.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 9.2%9.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

What it's like to live in the world's most liveable cities in 202659%
BBC Travel0%By Lindsey Galloway0%7/7/2026, 4:01:53 AM
Dave & Buster’s Likes to Party2%
Slate Magazine68%By Paula Mejía0%6/25/2026, 9:35:00 AM
The tiny Tokyo shrine where people pray for concert tickets11%
BBC0%By Erika Ebsworth-Goold0%5/5/2026, 12:01:08 PM
One of the world's most remote nations opens up17%
BBC0%By Erin Levi0%4/30/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Where Europe still delivers value this summer82%
BBC0%By Lindsey Galloway0%4/28/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Why wildflowers are moving from meadows to the city7%
BBC0%By Jessica Bradley0%4/14/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Minutes before dying in Queens hit-run crash, he tried to call girlfriend. She missed the call.38%
New York Daily News76%By Julian Roberts-Grmela0% Leonard Greene71%4/4/2026, 6:00:33 PM
Mom of 2 fatally struck by ambulance in Brooklyn was registered nurse27%
New York Daily News76%By Kerry Burke33% Colin Mixson62%4/4/2026, 1:12:22 PM
7-month-old baby fatally shot in Brooklyn had just taken first step, said first word41%
New York Daily News76%By Kerry Burke33% Colin Mixson62%4/2/2026, 2:39:03 AM
Father of 10 shot to death outside Brooklyn home had ongoing beef with neighbors: wife56%
New York Daily News76%By Kerry Burke33% Thomas Tracy41%3/31/2026, 2:55:13 PM