Topic summary
⁠35%1 analyzed article/video1,082 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Local News Briefs results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 25.3% saturation with 821 hits. Analysis detected 1,967 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,246 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠61% (6,233 of 15,832 topics). This Local News Briefs is worse (more manipulative) than 60.60% of the peer group.
Local News Briefs
Topic details
Total words: 3,246
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

61% percentile
025507510060.6% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 25.3%25.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.7%5.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.1%0.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.7%2.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.5%8.5%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 25.3%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Horn Effect: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.0%Indoctrination: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos