Topic summary
24% 8 analyzed articles/videos 7,895 analyzed words
BS Summary: These City Council Decisions results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Confirmation Bias , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.9% saturation with 2,145 hits . Analysis detected 16,844 faulty-reasoning hits from 36,364 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 4% (22,138 of 22,996 topics). This City Council Decisions is better (less manipulative) than 96.30% of the peer group. City Council Decisions
Topic details
Total words: 36,364
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.7% percentile 1.0% BS Score8 analyzed articles36.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.9% 5.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.6% 0.6% 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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst