Topic summary
⁠93%1 analyzed article/video531 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Municipal Communication results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Halo Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 27.8% saturation with 443 hits. Analysis detected 1,681 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,593 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (3,348 of 16,562 topics). This Municipal Communication is worse (more manipulative) than 79.80% of the peer group.
Municipal Communication
Topic details
Total words: 1,593
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

80% percentile
025507510079.8% percentile
5.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K 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 3.6%3.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 27.8%27.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.3%2.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 10.9%10.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.2%12.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.4%3.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 27.8%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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