Topic summary

⁠74%1 analyzed article/video649 analyzed words

BS Summary: These City Council Hearing results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 17.5% saturation with 454 hits. Analysis detected 1,963 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,596 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (6,178 of 12,642 topics). This City Council Hearing is worse (more manipulative) than 51.10% of the peer group.

City Council Hearing

Topic ranking list

Percentile	Topic	BS Score
⁠0%	Holocaust	1%
⁠0%	Self-Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Self Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Survival Stories	1%
⁠0%	Pizza Oven	1%
⁠52%	City Council Hearing (selected)	4%
⁠100%	Radio Roundup / Week In Review	60%
⁠100%	E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	E Bikes Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell	69%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell	69%

Topic details

Total words: 2,596

Article count: 1

Authors

Stephen Nessen

Loading chart...

Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)

City Council Hearing attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.

Loading chart...

City Council Hearing vs sitewide

City Council Hearing attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

Analyzed articles and videos

Sort by

NYC carriage horse drivers make last stand at marathon City Hall hearing⁠^57%

Gothamist⁠^77%By Stephen Nessen⁠^72%7/15/2026, 9:22:47 PM