Topic summary
⁠33%6 analyzed articles/videos2,962 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Police Conduct results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 4,992 hits. Analysis detected 35,197 faulty-reasoning hits from 46,038 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (13,991 of 15,566 topics). This Police Conduct is better (less manipulative) than 89.90% of the peer group.
Police Conduct

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.1% percentile
1.6% BS Score6 analyzed articles46K 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 10.8%10.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.0%6.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.7%9.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.6%2.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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 10.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos