Topic summary
⁠6%1 analyzed article/video305 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Oakland Police Shooting results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Unattributed Quote, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 15.9% saturation with 194 hits. Analysis detected 647 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,220 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠53% (7,801 of 16,562 topics). This Oakland Police Shooting is worse (more manipulative) than 52.90% of the peer group.
Oakland Police Shooting
Topic details
Total words: 1,220
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

53% percentile
025507510052.9% percentile
3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.2K 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 10.2%10.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 15.9%15.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.8%1.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 10.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 15.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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