Topic summary
⁠71%1 analyzed article/video285 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Municipal Training results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Halo Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 14.5% saturation with 165 hits. Analysis detected 628 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,140 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠89% (2,895 of 24,569 topics). This Municipal Training is worse (more manipulative) than 88.20% of the peer group.
Municipal Training
Topic details
Total words: 1,140
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

88% percentile
025507510088.2% percentile
6.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 14.5%14.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.5%2.5%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 4.7%4.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 13.5%13.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 7.8%7.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 6.0%6.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 3.3%3.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 14.5%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 13.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 0.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos