Topic summary
⁠16%1 analyzed article/video737 analyzed words
BS Summary: These City Council Legislation results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23% saturation with 509 hits. Analysis detected 1,555 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,211 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠61% (6,605 of 16,562 topics). This City Council Legislation is worse (more manipulative) than 60.10% of the peer group.
City Council Legislation
Topic details
Total words: 2,211
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510060.1% percentile
3.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K 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 6.7%6.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 23.0%23.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.2%8.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.1%8.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 4.5%4.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.4%2.4%

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 6.7%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 23.0%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.1%Circular Reasoning: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.1%Horn Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.0%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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