Topic summary
38%10 analyzed articles/videos7,020 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Funding results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 2,338 hits. Analysis detected 19,298 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,110 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 3% (16,066 of 16,562 topics). This Public Funding is better (less manipulative) than 97.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751003.0% percentile
1.3% BS Score10 analyzed articles34.1K 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 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.5%6.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.6%4.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 3.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 6.0%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

County Delays Moda Center Funding Vote After Skepticism From Key Labor Union19%
Willamette Week54%By Aaron Mesh76%7/23/2026, 3:46:27 PM
Workforce groups get $10.2M in federal grants for reentry employment29%
Mirror Indy21%By Claire Rafford19%7/22/2026, 2:31:54 PM
Could a Tampa Bay Rays stadium deal happen without the city of Tampa?13%
Tampa Bay Times13%By Nina Moske16% Nicolas Villamil0%7/15/2026, 12:20:38 PM
NY proposes $700M for Atlantic Yards, new developers say affordable housing ready by 203156%
Gothamist77%By David Brand72%6/29/2026, 2:44:00 PM
North St. Louis residents call for $150M of Rams settlement funds for tornado recovery16%
STLPR0%By Kavahn Mansouri59%6/4/2026, 10:34:44 AM
$10M in state funds would demolish more than 120 FEMA-ineligible homes from St. Louis tornado8%
STLPR0%By Kavahn Mansouri59%6/3/2026, 3:00:00 AM
‘Disrespectful and Really Chaotic’: San Francisco Downsizes Public Arts Galleries Staff35%
KQED61%By Sydney Johnson59%5/15/2026, 4:00:57 AM
How Missouri taxpayers will help fund a Kansas City Royals ballpark at Crown Center28%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Josh Merchant0%4/23/2026, 7:22:18 AM
How will Kansas City's Royals stadium plan work? Inside the finances of the $600 million bet17%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Josh Merchant0%4/20/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Kansas City Council passes plan for new Royals stadium downtown. The team still needs to agree39%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Savannah Hawley-Bates0%4/16/2026, 1:30:41 PM