Topic summary
60%20 analyzed articles/videos16,045 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Civic Engagement results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Indoctrination, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 4,433 hits. Analysis detected 54,184 faulty-reasoning hits from 73,034 analyzed words across 20 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 15% (19,081 of 22,344 topics). This Civic Engagement is better (less manipulative) than 85.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

15% percentile
025507510014.6% percentile
1.4% BS Score20 analyzed articles73K 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 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.8%5.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.0%5.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, 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 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Indoctr…13%
Learn to organize and get involved in Detroit3%
Outlier Media4%By Lynelle Herndon5%8/5/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Mount Hope Residents Are Creating a New Vision for Their Community10%
Voice of San Diego36%By Mariana Martínez Barba20%8/4/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Opinion: Give it Back, San Francisco – Let’s Make Alameda Whole75%
Alameda Post30%By Shum Preston91%8/3/2026, 7:45:00 AM
Op-Ed | Meet us Mayor Mamdani: The case for opening primaries to NYC independent voters64%
amny.com38%By Jeremy Gruber76%8/3/2026, 5:00:40 AM
New Orleans residents, sick of slow service, clear clogged catch basins themselves: 'Fed up’34%
NOLA.com29%By Violet Bucaro25%8/2/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Mamdani-Style Mayors Should Study Peru’s Democracy Experiment50%
Jacobin75%By Jared Abbott60% Stephanie McNulty60%7/31/2026, 2:34:28 AM
Santa Ana Community Gardens’ Future Shrouded in Confusion, Transparency Concerns9%
Voice of OC54%By Hosam Elattar45% Julie Leopo14%7/30/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Seattle City Council and Mayor Strike a Deal After Messy Fight Over School Meals8%
The Stranger61%By Guy Oron30%7/29/2026, 12:30:00 PM
The flag belongs to all of us47%
CT Mirror33%By Jonathan Phillips65%7/22/2026, 9:01:00 PM
Opinion: Second chance laws work. I'm proof of it.74%
The 51st16%By Robert Barton90%7/22/2026, 4:02:52 PM