Author summary
26% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,388 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Palo Alto Weekly results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote , Framing Effect , and Optimism Bias , with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 5.9% saturation with 329 hits . Analysis detected 2,984 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,552 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 37% (5,625 of 8,868 authors). This Palo Alto Weekly is better (less manipulative) than 63.40% of the peer group. Palo Alto Weekly
Author details
Total words: 5,552
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
37% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 36.6% percentile 1.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.6K 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 5.1% 5.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.8% 1.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.4% 0.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.1% 0.1% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 5.5% 5.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 6.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.1% Anecdotal: Author 0.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.8% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst