Topic summary
⁠35%1 analyzed article/video489 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Civic Affairs results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Status Quo Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 4.9% saturation with 96 hits. Analysis detected 1,140 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,956 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠38% (10,400 of 16,562 topics). This Civic Affairs is better (less manipulative) than 62.80% of the peer group.
Civic Affairs
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,956
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

37% percentile
025507510037.2% percentile
2.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.9%4.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.5%1.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 3.2%3.2%

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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Status Quo Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.5%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Middle Ground: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.6%Circular Reasoning: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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