Topic summary
92%8 analyzed articles/videos3,968 analyzed words
BS Summary: These New York City Politics results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 19.7% saturation with 3,903 hits. Analysis detected 29,367 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,804 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 51% (7,622 of 15,400 topics). This New York City Politics is worse (more manipulative) than 50.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

51% percentile
025507510050.5% percentile
3.0% BS Score8 analyzed articles19.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 19.7%19.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.3%13.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.9%10.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 6.7%6.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.7%2.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.1%12.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.4%2.4%

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 19.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 2.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate