Topic summary
⁠11%1 analyzed article/video755 analyzed words
BS Summary: These County Government results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Overconfidence Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7.5% saturation with 169 hits. Analysis detected 763 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,265 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (9,658 of 16,562 topics). This County Government is better (less manipulative) than 58.30% of the peer group.
County Government
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠42%County Government (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: 2,265
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

42% percentile
025507510041.7% percentile
2.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.5%2.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.4%1.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 2.3%2.3%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 3.3%3.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 7.5%7.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.4%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Begging the Question: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Tu Quoque: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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