Topic summary
53%14 analyzed articles/videos15,696 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Housing Crisis results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 4,898 hits. Analysis detected 52,630 faulty-reasoning hits from 71,406 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 6% (14,606 of 15,447 topics). This Housing Crisis is better (less manipulative) than 94.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

5% percentile
02550751005.4% percentile
1.4% BS Score14 analyzed articles71.4K 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 5.5%5.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.9%6.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.8%4.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.0%2.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

St. Paul council members press for shelter details as encampment closures loom4%
Sahan Journal8%By Viktorie Spurná37%7/23/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Burnham Starts Premiership Short on Cash, Ideas91%
The American Conservative86%By Iain Macwhirter95%7/21/2026, 4:03:00 AM
Pets face NYC housing crisis as animal shelters near capacity86%
New York Daily News75%By Leonard Greene71%7/18/2026, 4:23:21 AM
Sacramento Report: One Coastal Commissioner’s Take on the Agency, a Year Later42%
Voice of San Diego24%By Nadia Lathan40%7/17/2026, 10:30:00 PM
After fears of collapse in Midtown, developer eyes next office conversion project28%
Gothamist76%By David Brand71%7/13/2026, 8:41:25 PM
More than 8K NYC renters evicted so far this year, as affordability crisis grows42%
Gothamist76%By David Brand71%7/6/2026, 1:00:50 PM
Older Adults with HIV Face Barriers to Staying Housed. That Could Hurt Efforts to Slow HIV’s Spread.54%
San Francisco Public Press52%By Madison Alvarado66%7/1/2026, 6:06:18 PM
America’s housing was built for a world we no longer live in17%
Vox49%By Marina Bolotnikova0%7/1/2026, 10:00:00 AM
The Los Angeles Left Is at War With Itself Over the Mayor’s Race33%
The Intercept81%By Jonah Valdez72% Jessica Washington65%5/29/2026, 5:16:01 PM
Mamdani aims to streamline process to lease, build affordable housing in NYC52%
New York Daily News75%By Josephine Stratman68%5/13/2026, 8:16:15 PM