Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,419 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sales Tax Increases results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Anecdotal, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 630 hits. Analysis detected 6,149 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,676 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠55% (7,551 of 16,562 topics). This Sales Tax Increases is worse (more manipulative) than 54.40% of the peer group.
Sales Tax Increases
Topic details
Total words: 5,676
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

54% percentile
025507510054.4% percentile
3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.7K 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 7.0%7.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.0%11.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 7.3%7.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 7.4%7.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.2%2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.6%10.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%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 7.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 1.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.5%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.0%Begging the Question: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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