Topic summary
68% 136 analyzed articles/videos 92,155 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Local Government results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.5% saturation with 28,133 hits . Analysis detected 273,407 faulty-reasoning hits from 430,638 analyzed words across 136 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 8% (20,333 of 21,921 topics). This Local Government is better (less manipulative) than 92.80% of the peer group. Local Government
Topic details
Total words: 430,638
Article count: 136
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.2% percentile 1.2% BS Score136 analyzed articles430.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.4% 6.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.8% 1.8% 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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst