Topic summary
42%15 analyzed articles/videos14,506 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Urban Issues results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 5.3% saturation with 3,352 hits. Analysis detected 39,429 faulty-reasoning hits from 63,509 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 8% (21,511 of 23,188 topics). This Urban Issues is better (less manipulative) than 92.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751007.2% percentile
1.1% BS Score15 analyzed articles63.5K 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 3.9%3.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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The Daily Dot69%By Sayantan62%8/4/2026, 5:19:24 AM
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The Daily Dot69%By Haley67%8/3/2026, 4:45:00 PM
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VTDigger43%By August Letendre96%8/3/2026, 2:26:34 PM
Boston Mayor Wu says downtown remains safe amid violent crime spree64%
Boston Herald54%By Gayla Cawley86%7/30/2026, 3:34:31 PM
Community marches into 7-11 where 74-year-old was brutally beaten in Baltimore27%
The Real News Network5%By Maximillian Alvarez23%7/29/2026, 9:36:07 AM
America's gun violence epidemic, through the eyes of a Chicago trauma surgeon10%
Live Science24%By Nicoletta Lanese9%7/29/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Philadelphians are riding SEPTA 24 hours straight hoping to improve it62%
Billy Penn18%By Julia Binswanger24%7/28/2026, 9:51:53 AM
Fifth death reported in Upper East Side Legionnaires’ outbreak as Council questions city response13%
amny.com40%By Adam Daly14%7/21/2026, 5:00:23 PM
Guest Rant: Seattle Can’t Afford Not to Feed Every Child54%
The Stranger62%By Jesse Hagopian83%7/21/2026, 3:20:00 PM