Topic summary
32%2 analyzed articles/videos1,889 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Water Supply results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.7% saturation with 511 hits. Analysis detected 3,776 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,597 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 17% (13,860 of 16,562 topics). This Water Supply is better (less manipulative) than 83.70% of the peer group.
Water Supply
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Topic details
Total words: 6,597
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510016.3% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.6K 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 6.7%6.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.3%5.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 7.8%7.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.7%2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%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 6.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos