Topic summary
⁠8%1 analyzed article/video659 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pasadena Police Department results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Halo Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.6% saturation with 148 hits. Analysis detected 643 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,636 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠30% (17,345 of 24,545 topics). This Pasadena Police Department is better (less manipulative) than 70.70% of the peer group.
Pasadena Police Department
Topic details
Total words: 2,636
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

29% percentile
025507510029.3% percentile
1.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K 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 1.0%1.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.6%5.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 0.7%0.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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