Topic summary
⁠88%1 analyzed article/video339 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Crime Spike results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Recency Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20.4% saturation with 276 hits. Analysis detected 1,332 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,356 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠86% (3,359 of 22,465 topics). This Crime Spike is worse (more manipulative) than 85.10% of the peer group.
Crime Spike
Topic details
Total words: 1,356
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

85% percentile
025507510085.1% percentile
5.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K 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 9.7%9.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.6%4.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 11.1%11.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 11.7%11.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.3%3.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.7%2.7%

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 9.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 20.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Recency Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 2.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos