Topic summary
⁠27%2 analyzed articles/videos2,124 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Municipal Governance results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 14% saturation with 1,072 hits. Analysis detected 6,610 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,654 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (11,807 of 16,562 topics). This Municipal Governance is better (less manipulative) than 71.30% of the peer group.
Municipal Governance
Topic details
Total words: 7,654
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

29% percentile
025507510028.7% percentile
2.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles7.7K 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 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 14.0%14.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 7.2%7.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.8%13.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%

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 1.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 1.4%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Straw Man: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos