Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video660 analyzed words
BS Summary: These King County results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Authority, and False Dilemma, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.7% saturation with 234 hits. Analysis detected 1,557 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,320 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠74% (4,337 of 16,562 topics). This King County is worse (more manipulative) than 73.80% of the peer group.
King County
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Topic details
Total words: 1,320
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

74% percentile
025507510073.8% percentile
4.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.3K 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 0.7%0.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 14.6%14.6%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 7.9%7.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 7.1%7.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 5.5%5.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.0%2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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 0.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%False Dilemma: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 2.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.9%Composition/Division: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Begging the Question: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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