Topic summary
58% 90 analyzed articles/videos 52,570 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Local Government results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Optimism Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 22,277 hits . Analysis detected 199,192 faulty-reasoning hits from 238,824 analyzed words across 90 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 10% (15,054 of 16,562 topics). This Local Government is better (less manipulative) than 90.90% of the peer group. Local Government
Topic details
Total words: 238,824
Article count: 90
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
9% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.1% percentile 1.5% BS Score90 analyzed articles238.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.3% 9.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.3% 6.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.6% 2.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 9.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst