Topic summary
⁠59%1 analyzed article/video626 analyzed words
BS Summary: These City Government Investigations results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, In-Group Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 15.7% saturation with 393 hits. Analysis detected 1,649 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,504 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠71% (7,092 of 23,944 topics). This City Government Investigations is worse (more manipulative) than 70.40% of the peer group.
City Government Investigations
Topic details
Total words: 2,504
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510070.4% percentile
3.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.4%3.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 15.7%15.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.6%1.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.2%2.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 3.4%, sitewide 19.2%Halo Effect: Topic 15.7%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.4%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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