Topic summary
⁠95%1 analyzed article/video870 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Local Happenings results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 46.2% saturation with 1,207 hits. Analysis detected 4,229 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,610 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7% and a BS Rank of ⁠86% (2,346 of 16,558 topics). This Local Happenings is worse (more manipulative) than 85.80% of the peer group.
Local Happenings
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,610
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

86% percentile
025507510085.8% percentile
7.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 46.3%46.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 24.9%24.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 12.1%12.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 18.5%18.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.1%0.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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%Unattributed Quote: Topic 46.3%, sitewide 1.1%Framing Effect: Topic 18.5%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 24.9%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.3%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.5%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to Nature: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide rateTopic rate

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