Topic summary
73%76 analyzed articles/videos55,432 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Community Development results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 4% saturation with 10,032 hits. Analysis detected 117,197 faulty-reasoning hits from 252,716 analyzed words across 76 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 3% (23,180 of 23,715 topics). This Community Development is better (less manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

2% percentile
02550751002.3% percentile
0.9% BS Score76 analyzed articles252.7K 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 3.8%3.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.2%2.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.3%2.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

New York Opens $20M Community Reforestation Grant Program16%
BKReader56%By BK Reader Staff44%8/9/2026, 7:00:00 AM
Without housing on South, West sides, Chicago's Black communities won't grow11%
Chicago Sun-Times49%By Alden Loury0%8/8/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Hindsig…3%Optimis…4%
'Welcome Back' show celebrates 20 years of the RiNo Arts District2%
Denver Westword21%By Patricia Calhoun8/7/2026, 11:13:40 AM
Availab…2%Optimis…10%Self-Se…7%Post Ho…4%
Machias Planning Board gives OK for North Street golf simulator construction4%
The Maine Monitor17%By Evan W. Houk11%8/7/2026, 10:38:13 AM
Jonesport voters overwhelmingly approve ordinances extending construction window for Kingfish Maine10%
The Maine Monitor17%By Jessica Brockington48%8/7/2026, 6:12:32 AM
With a new building, RAM House hopes to serve a new set of needs for Roanoke’s unhoused4%
Cardinal News5%By Samantha Verrelli0%8/7/2026, 1:45:00 AM
McIntosh adopts zoning for Sapelo's Gullah Geechee neighborhood23%
The Current44%By Mary Landers11%8/6/2026, 8:10:51 PM
‘I’m Ready for Kindergarten’: San Francisco’s Mission Bay Gets First Public School in 20 Years21%
KQED78%By Katie DeBenedetti83%8/6/2026, 4:18:25 PM
Hoopa Valley Tribe Celebrates the Opening of its New Data Center, the Hub of Broadband Expansion in the Valley and Beyond35%
Lost Coast Outpost25%By LoCO Staff23%8/5/2026, 9:19:54 AM
Historic Neighborhood Theatre returns with renovated Charlotte music venue59%
QCity Metro20%By QCity Metro Staff26%8/5/2026, 8:23:25 AM