Topic summary
82%24 analyzed articles/videos21,910 analyzed words
BS Summary: These City results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Hasty Generalization, and Halo Effect, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 6,954 hits. Analysis detected 64,497 faulty-reasoning hits from 80,099 analyzed words across 24 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 21% (17,583 of 22,261 topics). This City is better (less manipulative) than 79.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510021.0% percentile
1.6% BS Score24 analyzed articles80.1K 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 6.9%6.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.7%4.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.2%3.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

What it's like to live in the world's most liveable cities in 202659%
BBC Travel84%By Lindsey Galloway92%7/6/2026, 9:01:53 PM
Dave & Buster’s Likes to Party3%
Slate Magazine81%By Paula Mejía22%6/25/2026, 2:35:00 AM
The tiny Tokyo shrine where people pray for concert tickets18%
BBC84%By Erika Ebsworth-Goold0%5/5/2026, 5:01:08 AM
One of the world's most remote nations opens up27%
BBC84%By Erin Levi0%4/30/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Where Europe still delivers value this summer87%
BBC84%By Lindsey Galloway92%4/28/2026, 6:00:00 AM
Why wildflowers are moving from meadows to the city39%
BBC84%By Jessica Bradley56%4/14/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Minutes before dying in Queens hit-run crash, he tried to call girlfriend. She missed the call.50%
New York Daily News87%By Julian Roberts-Grmela83% Leonard Greene86%4/4/2026, 11:00:33 AM
Mom of 2 fatally struck by ambulance in Brooklyn was registered nurse39%
New York Daily News87%By Kerry Burke54% Colin Mixson79%4/4/2026, 6:12:22 AM
7-month-old baby fatally shot in Brooklyn had just taken first step, said first word53%
New York Daily News87%By Kerry Burke54% Colin Mixson79%4/1/2026, 7:39:03 PM
Father of 10 shot to death outside Brooklyn home had ongoing beef with neighbors: wife67%
New York Daily News87%By Kerry Burke54% Thomas Tracy62%3/31/2026, 7:55:13 AM