Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video311 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Town Hall results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 39.2% saturation with 488 hits. Analysis detected 1,972 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,244 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠91% (1,611 of 16,562 topics). This Town Hall is worse (more manipulative) than 90.30% of the peer group.
Town Hall
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Topic details
Total words: 1,244
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

90% percentile
025507510090.3% percentile
8.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 39.2%39.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 15.3%15.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 10.8%10.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.8%8.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.4%6.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 7.5%7.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 8.9%8.9%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 39.2%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 24.6%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 15.3%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 7.5%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 5.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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