Topic summary
⁠67%1 analyzed article/video649 analyzed words
BS Summary: These City Council Hearing results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 17.5% saturation with 454 hits. Analysis detected 1,963 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,596 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (7,684 of 16,558 topics). This City Council Hearing is worse (more manipulative) than 53.60% of the peer group.
City Council Hearing
Topic details
Total words: 2,596
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

54% percentile
025507510053.6% percentile
3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K 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 8.6%8.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.6%4.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.4%6.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 17.5%17.5%

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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.5%Straw Man: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.8%Composition/Division: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.2%Appeal to Nature: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.4%Special Pleading: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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