Keyword summary
68%32 analyzed articles/videos20,434 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California Politics results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 11.6% saturation with 12,563 hits. Analysis detected 108,989 faulty-reasoning hits from 108,135 analyzed words across 32 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 20% (30,160 of 37,530 keywords). This California Politics is better (less manipulative) than 80.40% of the peer group.
California Politics

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

20% percentile
025507510019.6% percentile
1.9% BS Score32 analyzed articles108.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 9.6%9.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 6.2%6.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 10.7%10.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 2.8%2.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 11.6%11.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 2.2%2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.5%3.5%

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: Keyword 9.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 11.6%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Keyword 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 2.0%Loss Aversion: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

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Negativ…27%Recency…13%Biased …40%Attempt…11%
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