Speaker summary
49%6 analyzed articles/videos200 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mayor Karen Bass results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Indoctrination, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 46.9% saturation with 218 hits. Analysis detected 1,193.271 faulty-reasoning hits from 200 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.9% and a BS Rank of 16% (23,962 of 28,364 speakers). This Mayor Karen Bass is better (less manipulative) than 84.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

16% percentile
025507510015.5% percentile
11.9% BS Score6 analyzed videos200 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 46.9%46.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 26.4%26.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 21.3%21.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 9.9%9.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 14.6%14.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 9.0%9.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 14.0%14.0%

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%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 46.9%, sitewide 3.7%Framing Effect: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 26.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 26.4%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Speaker 21.3%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 0.8%Halo Effect: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 6.0%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 1.4%Burden of Proof: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 0.4%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 3.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 5.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate