Topic summary
⁠70%2 analyzed articles/videos603 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Local Journalism results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Indoctrination, and Self-Serving Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 432 hits. Analysis detected 4,227 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,829 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠38% (10,382 of 16,562 topics). This Local Journalism is better (less manipulative) than 62.70% of the peer group.
Local Journalism
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 4,829
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

37% percentile
025507510037.3% percentile
2.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.8K 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 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.0%8.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.1%6.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Bandwagon: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos