Topic summary
⁠41%1 analyzed article/video1,649 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Information Act results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Hasty Generalization, and Overconfidence Bias, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 488 hits. Analysis detected 3,915 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,596 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (14,602 of 22,971 topics). This Public Information Act is better (less manipulative) than 63.60% of the peer group.
Public Information Act
Topic details
Total words: 6,596
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

36% percentile
025507510036.4% percentile
2.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.6K 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 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.0%7.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.7%3.7%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Horn Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Straw Man: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.9%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos