Topic summary
ā 0%1 analyzed article/video908 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bay Area Politics results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, In-Group Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 25.1% saturation with 684 hits. Analysis detected 4,287 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,724 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.9% and a BS Rank of ā 76% (4,100 of 16,558 topics). This Bay Area Politics is worse (more manipulative) than 75.20% of the peer group.
Bay Area Politics
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
ā 0%Uber1%
ā 0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
ā 0%Opera1%
ā 0%Holocaust1%
ā 0%Privacy Policy1%
ā 76%Bay Area Politics (selected)5%
ā 100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
ā 100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
ā 100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
ā 100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
ā 100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 2,724
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

75% percentile
025507510075.2% percentile
4.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0ā€“50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.6%7.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 16.5%16.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 25.1%25.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 19.8%19.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.0%6.0%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.9%7.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 6.5%6.5%

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 19.8%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 25.1%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 19.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 16.5%, sitewide 6.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Bandwagon: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Begging the Question: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 1.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 2.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.7%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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