Topic summary
0% 8 analyzed articles/videos 2,432 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Local Elections results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 1,478 hits . Analysis detected 12,414 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,832 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 30% (10,904 of 15,559 topics). This Local Elections is better (less manipulative) than 70.10% of the peer group. Local Elections
Topic details
Total words: 12,832
Article count: 8
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
30% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 29.9% percentile 2.2% BS Score8 analyzed articles12.8K analyzed words
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 11.5% 11.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.8% 9.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.3% 8.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.0% 2.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.2% 4.2% 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 11.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Indoctrination: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.7% False Dilemma: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2% Bandwagon: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst