Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video119 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California Election Laws results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 72.7% saturation with 346 hits. Analysis detected 1,371 faulty-reasoning hits from 476 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 16.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠98% (381 of 16,562 topics). This California Election Laws is worse (more manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group.
California Election Laws
Topic details
Total words: 476
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

98% percentile
025507510097.7% percentile
16.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles476 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 72.7%72.7%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 38.0%38.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 48.7%48.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 39.1%39.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 13.7%13.7%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 9.0%9.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.0%9.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 13.7%13.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 72.7%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 48.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 39.1%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 38.0%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 13.7%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 13.7%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 6.9%Red Herring: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 0.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.6%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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