Topic summary
⁠3%1 analyzed article/video766 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Town Ordinances results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Loss Aversion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 2.6% saturation with 81 hits. Analysis detected 479 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,064 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (21,069 of 21,754 topics). This Town Ordinances is better (less manipulative) than 96.90% of the peer group.
Town Ordinances
Topic details
Total words: 3,064
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751003.1% percentile
1.0% 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 0.7%0.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 0.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Nature: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.5%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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