Topic summary
⁠7%1 analyzed article/video545 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Urbandale City Council results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Unattributed Quote, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 6.3% saturation with 138 hits. Analysis detected 548 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,180 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠51% (10,836 of 21,812 topics). This Urbandale City Council is worse (more manipulative) than 50.30% of the peer group.
Urbandale City Council
Topic details
Total words: 2,180
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

50% percentile
025507510050.3% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K 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 5.4%5.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.3%6.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 1.4%1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 2.4%2.4%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 5.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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