Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,143 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Transit Funding results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Loss Aversion, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 41.8% saturation with 1,434 hits. Analysis detected 6,127 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,429 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠83% (2,878 of 16,562 topics). This Public Transit Funding is worse (more manipulative) than 82.60% of the peer group.
Public Transit Funding
Topic details
Total words: 3,429
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

83% percentile
025507510082.6% percentile
6.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.4K 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 41.8%41.8%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 16.0%16.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 9.9%9.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 21.3%21.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.6%2.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.1%15.1%

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 41.8%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 21.3%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.1%, sitewide 19.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 16.0%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 11.1%False Dilemma: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 1.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 2.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 4.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Bandwagon: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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