BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 35.2% saturation with 51 hits. Analysis detected 62 faulty-reasoning hits from 145 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 26% and a BS Rank of 9% (19,938 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 91.10% of the article peer group.

UC Berkeley is working to repatriate 36 lots of artifacts to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. 
(Daily Cal) 
A Berkeley dad was hospitalized for six days after being attacked and robbed while leaving his job at 5 Tacos & Beers on College Avenue. 
(Berkeley Scanner) 
A Cara Houser has been named the new leader of the Downtown Berkeley Association, to replace John Caner. 
(DBA) 
A man has been charged with sexually assaulting a Berkeley High student after police say he used Instagram to arrange a meeting to give her marijuana. 
(Berkeley Scanner) 
The 75-year-old Berkeley burger stand selling flame-grilled burgers starting at $6.69. 
(SFGATE) 
UC Berkeley has landed a jersey patch deal with the AI company Dialpad. 
(Sports Business Journal) 
Berkeley native Chloe Fineman will leave Saturday Night Live after seven seasons. 
(SFGATE) 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 2.6%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 1.1%Berkeleyside: 1.2%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.6%Berkeleyside: 3.2%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 1.9%Berkeleyside: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.3%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 1.0%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 7.0%Berkeleyside: 4.1%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.7%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.4%Berkeleyside: 2.7%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.9%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 35.2%Berkeleyside Staff: 15.8%Berkeleyside: 5.6%Negativity Bias35.2%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.6%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.3%Berkeleyside: 0.9%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 1.7%Berkeleyside: 7.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 1.2%Berkeleyside: 1.0%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 1.1%Berkeleyside: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.3%Berkeleyside: 3.8%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 2.3%Berkeleyside: 4.7%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 1.0%Berkeleyside: 0.8%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 2.6%Berkeleyside: 5.6%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.5%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 2.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 1.0%Berkeleyside: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.6%Berkeleyside: 3.4%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 1.1%Berkeleyside: 1.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 5.3%Berkeleyside: 1.1%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 1.5%Berkeleyside: 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 1.4%Berkeleyside: 5.1%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 1.7%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Berkeleyside Staff: 0.0%Berkeleyside: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 7.6%Berkeleyside Staff: 2.4%Berkeleyside: 3.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…7.6%

145 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers42%attributed speech84writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageUC Berkeley • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageCara Houser • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageUC Berkeley • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageChloe Fineman • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverage
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UC Berkeley

0%flagged-word coverage
31 attributed words51% of attributed speech74% writer coverage
0%7.5%15.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -13.1 ptsWriter: 13.1%UC Berkeley: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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