Topic summary
⁠10%2 analyzed articles/videos1,205 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Water Main Breaks results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Framing Effect, and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.4% saturation with 711 hits. Analysis detected 4,202 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,471 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (15,434 of 16,562 topics). This Water Main Breaks is better (less manipulative) than 93.20% of the peer group.
Water Main Breaks
Topic details
Total words: 8,471
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751006.8% percentile
1.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles8.5K 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 5.4%5.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 5.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos