Topic summary
14%2 analyzed articles/videos738 analyzed words
BS Summary: These School Board results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.1% saturation with 277 hits. Analysis detected 1,919 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,280 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of 63% (6,207 of 16,490 topics). This School Board is worse (more manipulative) than 62.40% of the peer group.
School Board
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Topic details
Total words: 2,280
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510062.4% percentile
3.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.3K 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 12.2%12.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.4%8.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 6.3%6.3%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Topic 4.5%4.5%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.4%0.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%

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 12.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 6.9%False Dilemma: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 1.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 5.3%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Tu Quoque: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.2%Horn Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate