Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,651 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California Ballot Measures results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Ad Hominem , with Politically Right Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 23.4% saturation with 1,161 hits . Analysis detected 5,620 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,953 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 59% (6,585 of 15,852 topics). This California Ballot Measures is worse (more manipulative) than 58.50% of the peer group. California Ballot Measures
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Total words: 4,953
Article count: 1
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59% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 58.5% percentile 3.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Topic 23.4% 23.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 0.2% 0.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.7% 6.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Topic 8.2% 8.2% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Topic 7.1% 7.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Horn Effect Sitewide 1.0% Topic 5.7% 5.7% 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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 23.4%, sitewide 1.4% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 9.1% Ad Hominem: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 2.2% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.7% Horn Effect: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 1.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Begging the Question: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.1% Indoctrination: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst