Topic summary
⁠20%3 analyzed articles/videos1,983 analyzed words
BS Summary: These National Night Out results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 7.1% saturation with 541 hits. Analysis detected 2,634 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,614 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠13% (20,044 of 22,891 topics). This National Night Out is better (less manipulative) than 87.60% of the peer group.
National Night Out

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

12% percentile
025507510012.4% percentile
1.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.6K 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 0.8%0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 7.1%7.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%

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 0.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.5%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.0%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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