Topic summary
⁠44%1 analyzed article/video333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Arlington County results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Anchoring Bias, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 14.9% saturation with 198 hits. Analysis detected 685 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,332 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠74% (6,595 of 24,545 topics). This Arlington County is worse (more manipulative) than 73.10% of the peer group.
Arlington County
Topic details
Total words: 1,332
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

73% percentile
025507510073.1% percentile
3.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.3K 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 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 14.9%14.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.9%3.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 3.9%3.9%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Topic 2.1%2.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 3.1%3.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 3.5%3.5%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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 0.8%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 14.9%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos