Topic summary
⁠37%1 analyzed article/video1,461 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Council Meetings results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Ad Hominem, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 402 hits. Analysis detected 2,959 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,383 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠27% (12,119 of 16,562 topics). This Council Meetings is better (less manipulative) than 73.20% of the peer group.
Council Meetings
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠27%Council Meetings (selected)3%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 4,383
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

27% percentile
025507510026.8% percentile
2.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.4K 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 2.2%2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.2%9.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.6%1.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 2.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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