Keyword summary
14% 7 analyzed articles/videos 5,763 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bacteria results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.6% saturation with 866 hits . Analysis detected 9,194 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,849 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 5% (33,639 of 35,141 keywords). This Bacteria is better (less manipulative) than 95.70% of the peer group. Bacteria
Keyword details
Total words: 18,849
Article count: 7
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed keywords
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.3% percentile 1.3% BS Score7 analyzed articles18.8K 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% Keyword 3.1% 3.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Keyword 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Keyword 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Keyword 4.1% 4.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Keyword 0.2% 0.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Keyword 2.4% 2.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Keyword 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Keyword 1.9% 1.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Keyword 3.0% 3.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Keyword 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: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Keyword 4.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 3.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Keyword 4.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Keyword 3.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Keyword 4.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Keyword 2.0%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Keyword rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
SFGate 80% 7/22/2026, 2:01:59 AM