Topic summary
81%50 analyzed articles/videos35,354 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Housing Policy results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7% saturation with 12,089 hits. Analysis detected 136,397 faulty-reasoning hits from 171,844 analyzed words across 50 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 20% (19,640 of 24,545 topics). This Housing Policy is better (less manipulative) than 80.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

20% percentile
025507510020.0% percentile
1.5% BS Score50 analyzed articles171.8K 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 7.0%7.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%

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 7.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Op-ed | We need investment to solve America’s heirs’ property crisis67%
amny.com46%By Christine Peale81% Darlene Goins81%8/8/2026, 8:00:13 AM
Without housing on South, West sides, Chicago's Black communities won't grow30%
Chicago Sun-Times48%By Alden Loury38%8/8/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Michigan counties, towns spend $30B a year. Could collaboration get more done?35%
Bridge Michigan35%By Justin A. Hinkley0%8/7/2026, 11:02:15 AM
Boulder City Council sends vacancy tax and $400 million bond to November ballot, rejects downtown development authority13%
Boulder Reporting Lab9%By John Herrick17%8/6/2026, 10:36:17 PM
Mamdani Backs Squatters’ Rights in Video Demonizing 'Billionaire' Jewish 'Slumlord'70%
The Washington Free Beacon92%By Ira Stoll85%8/6/2026, 2:00:25 AM
Interview: Sean Ryan on policing, downtown and housing25%
Investigative Post47%By Geoff Kelly29%8/5/2026, 3:00:12 AM
Kansas City election results: 5 questions sought $1.7 billion in bonds and a sales tax renewal17%
The Beacon6%By Thomas White27%8/4/2026, 8:05:43 PM
Pasadena Board Weighs Daily Payments, Written Notice for Tenants Displaced by Repairs6%
Pasadena Now12%By Gab Apo12%8/4/2026, 8:14:00 AM
New Column! Introducing Greater Seattle81%
PubliCola78%By Josh Feit97%8/3/2026, 4:53:59 PM
Jorge Elorza, former Providence mayor, endorses Morales over Smiley54%
The Providence Journal11%By Wheeler Cowperthwaite39%8/3/2026, 2:53:00 PM