Topic summary
0% 2 analyzed articles/videos 282 analyzed words
BS Summary: These St Louis County results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Optimism Bias , and Self-Serving Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 223 hits . Analysis detected 1,105 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,568 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 57% (7,179 of 16,562 topics). This St Louis County is worse (more manipulative) than 56.70% of the peer group. St Louis County
Topic details
Total words: 2,568
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
57% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 56.7% percentile 3.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 2.6% 2.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 8.7% 8.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 5.4% 5.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 8.3% 8.3% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% 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 1.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 6.7% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 6.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 3.7% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.0% Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst