Topic summary
66%1 analyzed article/video1,121 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Open Government results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Availability Heuristic, and Pessimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.5% saturation with 556 hits. Analysis detected 2,221 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,363 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 33% (11,101 of 16,562 topics). This Open Government is better (less manipulative) than 67.00% of the peer group.
Open Government
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Topic details
Total words: 3,363
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

33% percentile
025507510033.0% percentile
2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.4K 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 2.1%2.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.7%2.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.8%1.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.8%1.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 16.5%16.5%

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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.4%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.5%Middle Ground: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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