Author summary
19% 1 analyzed article/video 213 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bay City News results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Framing Effect , and Anchoring Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 92 hits . Analysis detected 358 faulty-reasoning hits from 639 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of 75% (1,599 of 6,364 authors). This Bay City News is worse (more manipulative) than 74.90% of the peer group. Bay City News
Author details
Total words: 639
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
75% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 74.9% percentile 4.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles639 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 6.7% 6.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.8% 3.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.5% 2.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.9% 1.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.3% 1.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 14.4% 14.4% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Author 2.5% 2.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 6.9% 6.9% Red Herring Sitewide 0.7% Author 2.5% 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 2.5% 2.5% 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: Author 6.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 14.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 6.9%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 4.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.0% Red Herring: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst