Topic summary
⁠61%1 analyzed article/video387 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Police Action results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 155 hits. Analysis detected 784 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,161 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of ⁠67% (5,525 of 16,562 topics). This Police Action is worse (more manipulative) than 66.60% of the peer group.
Police Action
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,161
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

67% percentile
025507510066.6% percentile
4.0% 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 5.3%5.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 8.4%8.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 13.3%13.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.0%6.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.4%2.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 1.9%1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 6.7%6.7%

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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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