Topic summary
⁠76%1 analyzed article/video1,904 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Beach Towns results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 20.1% saturation with 1,528 hits. Analysis detected 6,525 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,616 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠65% (8,722 of 24,545 topics). This Beach Towns is worse (more manipulative) than 64.50% of the peer group.
Beach Towns
Topic details
Total words: 7,616
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

65% percentile
025507510064.5% percentile
3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles7.6K 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 2.9%2.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 20.1%20.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.4%0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 13.3%13.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.7%10.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%

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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 20.1%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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