Speaker summary
⁠55%4 analyzed articles/videos241 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Mercury News results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Confirmation Bias, and False Dilemma, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 17.8% saturation with 43 hits. Analysis detected 281 faulty-reasoning hits from 241 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 14.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠22% (22,279 of 28,364 speakers). This The Mercury News is better (less manipulative) than 78.50% of the peer group.
The Mercury News
Speaker details
Total words: 241
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

22% percentile
025507510021.5% percentile
14.6% BS Score4 analyzed videos241 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 17.8%17.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 17.8%17.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 17.8%17.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 17.8%17.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 17.8%17.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 9.1%9.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 1.5%Primacy Effect: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 4.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos