Topic summary
⁠75%1 analyzed article/video460 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Portland Metro results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Hasty Generalization, and Halo Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 166 hits. Analysis detected 1,296 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,380 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (4,788 of 15,689 topics). This Portland Metro is worse (more manipulative) than 69.50% of the peer group.
Portland Metro
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,380
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510069.5% percentile
4.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K 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 9.4%9.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.9%3.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.2%3.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 8.0%8.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 12.0%12.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.5%2.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 5.4%5.4%

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 9.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 6.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Composition/Division: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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