Topic summary
⁠3%1 analyzed article/video244 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Police Reports results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Unattributed Quote, and Halo Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 5.9% saturation with 58 hits. Analysis detected 239 faulty-reasoning hits from 976 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠64% (8,530 of 23,531 topics). This Police Reports is worse (more manipulative) than 63.80% of the peer group.
Police Reports
Topic details
Total words: 976
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510063.8% percentile
3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles976 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.0%3.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 3.0%3.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 5.9%5.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 19.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos