Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos787 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Los Angeles Mayoral Debate results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23.2% saturation with 730 hits. Analysis detected 6,233 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,148 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠82% (3,118 of 16,562 topics). This Los Angeles Mayoral Debate is worse (more manipulative) than 81.20% of the peer group.
Los Angeles Mayoral Debate
Topic details
Total words: 3,148
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

81% percentile
025507510081.2% percentile
5.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 23.2%23.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 14.7%14.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 11.2%11.2%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 9.5%9.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 14.2%14.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 9.0%9.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.8%13.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 9.9%9.9%

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 14.7%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 23.2%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 22.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 16.2%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.8%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 1.4%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 9.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Recency Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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