Topic summary
⁠16%2 analyzed articles/videos514 analyzed words
BS Summary: These County Commission results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 3.6% saturation with 131 hits. Analysis detected 1,164 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,592 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠12% (20,518 of 23,175 topics). This County Commission is better (less manipulative) than 88.50% of the peer group.
County Commission
Topic details
Total words: 3,592
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

12% percentile
025507510011.5% percentile
1.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.6K 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 3.3%3.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Red Herring: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos