Topic summary
66% 5 analyzed articles/videos 3,017 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Police Chief results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.1% saturation with 1,963 hits . Analysis detected 9,577 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,238 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 14% (19,385 of 22,420 topics). This Police Chief is better (less manipulative) than 86.50% of the peer group. Police Chief
Topic details
Total words: 16,238
Article count: 5
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 13.5% percentile 1.4% BS Score5 analyzed articles16.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 12.1% 12.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.2% 0.2% 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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Horn Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.0% Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst