Topic summary
⁠66%1 analyzed article/video455 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Water Utility results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 10% saturation with 182 hits. Analysis detected 1,110 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,820 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠58% (9,730 of 22,728 topics). This Water Utility is worse (more manipulative) than 57.20% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,820
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

57% percentile
025507510057.2% percentile
2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K 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 4.6%4.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.1%5.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 10.0%10.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 6.7%6.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 2.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.4%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.4%False Dilemma: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.5%Middle Ground: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos