Topic summary
⁠73%1 analyzed article/video176 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Transit Agencies results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 77 hits. Analysis detected 718 faulty-reasoning hits from 704 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠84% (3,812 of 22,921 topics). This Transit Agencies is worse (more manipulative) than 83.40% of the peer group.
Transit Agencies
Topic details
Total words: 704
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

83% percentile
025507510083.4% percentile
5.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles704 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 9.5%9.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.0%6.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 10.4%10.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 9.1%9.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.9%10.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.4%10.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 9.8%9.8%

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 9.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 2.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 8.1%False Dilemma: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 1.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.1%Red Herring: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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