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BS Summary: These San Mateo Daily Journal results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Anecdotal , and Negativity Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 293 hits . Analysis detected 3,062 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,835 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 398 publications). This San Mateo Daily Journal is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 3,835
Article count: 2
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 6.9% 6.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 4.0% 4.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 3.4% 3.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 5.2% 5.2% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 7.6% 7.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 1.2% 1.2% 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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 6.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 7.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 5.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Publication 6.7%, sitewide 5.2% Optimism Bias: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Hindsight Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 1.4% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% False Dilemma: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 1.5% Recency Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.4%, sitewide 0.8% Bandwagon: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst