Topic summary
⁠49%1 analyzed article/video805 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Transportation Funding results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, False Dilemma, and Hasty Generalization, with Politically Right Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 264 hits. Analysis detected 2,803 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,220 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠36% (10,732 of 16,562 topics). This Transportation Funding is better (less manipulative) than 64.80% of the peer group.
Transportation Funding
Topic details
Total words: 3,220
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

35% percentile
025507510035.2% percentile
2.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K 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 3.9%3.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.3%5.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.4%7.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 8.2%8.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 7.4%7.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.1%3.1%

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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 1.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.4%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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