Topic summary
ā 44% 24 analyzed articles/videos 20,110 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bay Area results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Negativity Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 7,355 hits . Analysis detected 62,433 faulty-reasoning hits from 79,632 analyzed words across 24 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of ā 9% (15,216 of 16,562 topics). This Bay Area is better (less manipulative) than 91.90% of the peer group. Bay Area
Topic details
Total words: 79,632
Article count: 24
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.1% percentile 1.5% BS Score24 analyzed articles79.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0ā50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.7% 1.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.7% 3.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.2% 9.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 3.0% 3.0% 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: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst