Topic summary
⁠51%3 analyzed articles/videos186 analyzed words
BS Summary: These San Francisco Police Department results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 643 hits. Analysis detected 4,854 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (10,550 of 16,562 topics). This San Francisco Police Department is better (less manipulative) than 63.70% of the peer group.
San Francisco Police Department
Topic details
Total words: 6,333
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

36% percentile
025507510036.3% percentile
2.4% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.3K 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 7.7%7.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.8%6.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 10.2%10.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.3%4.3%

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 7.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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