Author summary
92% 5 analyzed articles/videos 1,816 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Mercury News results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 43.2% saturation with 3,675 hits . Analysis detected 12,141 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,516 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of 85% (1,003 of 6,360 authors). This The Mercury News is worse (more manipulative) than 84.20% of the peer group. The Mercury News
Author details
Total words: 8,516
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
84% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 84.2% percentile 5.3% BS Score5 analyzed articles8.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 42.0% 42.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 43.1% 43.1% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.7% 3.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.0% 1.0% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.5% 0.5% 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% Halo Effect: Author 43.1%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 42.0%, sitewide 5.3% Framing Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 15.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.8% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.5% Primacy Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.9% Halo Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst