Topic summary
⁠7%1 analyzed article/video881 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Official Misconduct results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Red Herring, Negativity Bias, and Anecdotal, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 7% saturation with 184 hits. Analysis detected 995 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,643 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠26% (12,249 of 16,562 topics). This Public Official Misconduct is better (less manipulative) than 74.00% of the peer group.
Public Official Misconduct
Topic details
Total words: 2,643
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510026.0% percentile
2.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K 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 7.0%7.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.7%4.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 4.8%4.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.7%0.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 3.0%3.0%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 7.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Red Herring: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 0.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.4%Composition/Division: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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