Publication summary
22% 40 analyzed articles/videos 18,775 analyzed words
BS Summary: These East Bay Times results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Halo Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 7,497 hits . Analysis detected 67,606 faulty-reasoning hits from 92,585 analyzed words across 40 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 23% (316 of 410 publications). This East Bay Times is better (less manipulative) than 77.00% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 92,585
Article count: 40
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
23% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 23.0% percentile 1.4% BS Score40 analyzed articles92.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 3.5% 3.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 7.9% 7.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 2.5% 2.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.6% 2.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 3.4% 3.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 2.9% 2.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 0.8% 0.8% 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: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 7.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 8.1%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Publication 7.7%, sitewide 6.7% Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Indoctrination: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst