Topic summary
⁠53%1 analyzed article/video924 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Official Accountability results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Recency Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.9% saturation with 587 hits. Analysis detected 2,686 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,696 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (8,461 of 22,429 topics). This Public Official Accountability is worse (more manipulative) than 62.30% of the peer group.
Public Official Accountability
Topic details
Total words: 3,696
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510062.3% percentile
3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.7K 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 3.8%3.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 6.7%6.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.9%15.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.4%1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 7.8%7.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.9%1.9%

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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 7.5%Recency Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 2.7%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.8%Composition/Division: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.2%Straw Man: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.5%Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.4%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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