Topic summary
⁠100%1 analyzed article/video81 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California Coast results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Hasty Generalization, and Framing Effect, with Bandwagon as the most egregious example at 52.5% saturation with 170 hits. Analysis detected 1,036 faulty-reasoning hits from 324 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 24.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠100% (134 of 22,105 topics). This California Coast is worse (more manipulative) than 99.40% of the peer group.
California Coast
Topic details
Total words: 324
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

99% percentile
025507510099.4% percentile
24.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles324 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 52.5%52.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 46.3%46.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 43.8%43.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 30.9%30.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 30.3%30.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 30.9%30.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 41.0%41.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 14.2%14.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 20.7%20.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Bandwagon: Topic 52.5%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 46.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 43.8%, sitewide 8.1%Framing Effect: Topic 41.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 30.9%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 30.9%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 30.3%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 20.7%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%BandwagonSitewide rateTopic rate

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