Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video357 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Seattle City Council results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 136 hits. Analysis detected 974 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,428 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (6,388 of 16,562 topics). This Seattle City Council is worse (more manipulative) than 61.40% of the peer group.
Seattle City Council
Topic details
Total words: 1,428
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

61% percentile
025507510061.4% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K 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 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.0%6.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.1%7.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.7%6.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.7%1.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 7.4%7.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 2.0%2.0%

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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.8%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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