Topic summary
⁠14%2 analyzed articles/videos2,247 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Oakland Police Department results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Appeal to Emotion, and Halo Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 455 hits. Analysis detected 2,957 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,741 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (15,767 of 16,562 topics). This Oakland Police Department is better (less manipulative) than 95.20% of the peer group.
Oakland Police Department
Topic details
Total words: 6,741
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

5% percentile
02550751004.8% percentile
1.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.7K 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 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.8%6.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.3%1.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.7%2.7%

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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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