Topic summary
42% 35 analyzed articles/videos 19,238 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Transit results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Negativity Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 5,656 hits . Analysis detected 62,914 faulty-reasoning hits from 91,095 analyzed words across 34 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 4% (15,288 of 15,854 topics). This Public Transit is better (less manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group. Public Transit
Topic details
Total words: 91,095
Article count: 34
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.6% percentile 1.3% BS Score34 analyzed articles91.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.2% 6.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.9% 5.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.1% 4.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Topic 0.3% 0.3% 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 6.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst