Topic summary
⁠22%1 analyzed article/video512 analyzed words
BS Summary: These San Francisco Sheriff's Department results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Availability Heuristic, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 19% saturation with 390 hits. Analysis detected 1,436 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,048 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (8,005 of 16,562 topics). This San Francisco Sheriff's Department is worse (more manipulative) than 51.70% of the peer group.
San Francisco Sheriff's Department
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠52%San Francisco Sheriff's Department (selected)4%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 2,048
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

52% percentile
025507510051.7% percentile
3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 3.4%3.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.4%4.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.8%3.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 5.3%5.3%

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 3.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 19.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.8%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Circular Reasoning: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.1%Begging the Question: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.1%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.6%Red Herring: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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