Topic summary
2%3 analyzed articles/videos1,169 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Albany results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Availability Heuristic, and Self-Serving Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 1.5% saturation with 99 hits. Analysis detected 626 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,446 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of 1% (24,436 of 24,653 topics). This Albany is better (less manipulative) than 99.10% of the peer group.
Albany
Topic details
Total words: 6,446
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751000.9% percentile
0.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.4%0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.3%0.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 0.6%0.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate