Topic summary
58% 43 analyzed articles/videos 25,668 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Local Politics results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9.7% saturation with 13,314 hits . Analysis detected 121,583 faulty-reasoning hits from 136,790 analyzed words across 43 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (13,716 of 15,689 topics). This Local Politics is better (less manipulative) than 87.40% of the peer group. Local Politics
Topic details
Total words: 136,790
Article count: 43
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
13% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.6% percentile 1.7% BS Score43 analyzed articles136.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.7% 9.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.8% 8.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.5% 8.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.5% 2.5% 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% Framing Effect: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.0% Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: 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