Keyword summary
35%20 analyzed articles/videos21,718 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Local Government results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 5.4% saturation with 5,020 hits. Analysis detected 50,628 faulty-reasoning hits from 93,630 analyzed words across 20 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 5% (50,608 of 53,046 keywords). This Local Government is better (less manipulative) than 95.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

5% percentile
02550751004.6% percentile
1.0% BS Score20 analyzed articles93.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 4.9%4.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 2.7%2.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 2.6%2.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 3.3%3.3%

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: Keyword 5.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 4.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 5.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

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