Publication summary
89% 325 analyzed articles/videos 131,294 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California Post results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.1% saturation with 106,187 hits . Analysis detected 828,089 faulty-reasoning hits from 657,988 analyzed words across 325 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 66% (133 of 379 publications). This California Post is worse (more manipulative) than 65.10% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 657,988
Article count: 325
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
65% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 65.1% percentile 2.3% BS Score325 analyzed articles658K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 10.4% 10.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 13.2% 13.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 9.0% 9.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 4.2% 4.2% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Publication 6.0% 6.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.6% 1.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 4.2% 4.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 3.0% 3.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 2.5% 2.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 4.0% 4.0% 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 10.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 16.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 9.0%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 13.2%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 6.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 6.0%, sitewide 0.5% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Unattributed Quote: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 1.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 1.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst