Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,249 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kansas City Budget results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Optimism Bias, and Framing Effect, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 469 hits. Analysis detected 3,778 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,996 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠40% (9,974 of 16,562 topics). This Kansas City Budget is better (less manipulative) than 60.20% of the peer group.
Kansas City Budget
Topic details
Total words: 4,996
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510039.8% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles5K 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 7.2%7.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.1%9.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.6%6.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 9.4%9.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.7%2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 7.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 3.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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