Topic summary
80%2 analyzed articles/videos903 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Downtown Revitalization results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 21.8% saturation with 769 hits. Analysis detected 3,109 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,521 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 61% (6,566 of 16,562 topics). This Downtown Revitalization is worse (more manipulative) than 60.40% of the peer group.
Downtown Revitalization
Topic details
Total words: 3,521
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510060.4% percentile
3.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.5K 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 4.2%4.2%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 21.8%21.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.5%0.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 12.9%12.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.2%0.2%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 21.8%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.9%Composition/Division: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos