Topic summary
76%7 analyzed articles/videos7,515 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Police Reform results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Anecdotal, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 3,588 hits. Analysis detected 26,778 faulty-reasoning hits from 25,095 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 28% (11,981 of 16,562 topics). This Police Reform is better (less manipulative) than 72.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

28% percentile
025507510027.7% percentile
2.1% BS Score7 analyzed articles25.1K 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 8.9%8.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.0%7.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.8%13.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.3%14.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 9.5%9.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%

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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.1%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate