Topic summary
⁠4%1 analyzed article/video774 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Indianapolis results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Representativeness Heuristic, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 2.1% saturation with 66 hits. Analysis detected 573 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,096 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (23,783 of 24,545 topics). This Indianapolis is better (less manipulative) than 96.90% of the peer group.
Indianapolis
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 3,096
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751003.1% percentile
0.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.1K 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 1.1%1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.2%1.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.5%0.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.2%0.2%

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 1.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.1%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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