Topic summary
0% 4 analyzed articles/videos 740 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California Governor Election results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Ad Hominem , and Appeal to Emotion , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 19.5% saturation with 886 hits . Analysis detected 5,091 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,546 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 45% (9,135 of 16,558 topics). This California Governor Election is better (less manipulative) than 55.20% of the peer group. California Governor Election
Topic details
Total words: 4,546
Article count: 4
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
45% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 44.8% percentile 2.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles4.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.0% 10.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.1% 8.1% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 19.5% 19.5% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Topic 9.4% 9.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.8% 0.8% 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 19.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Ad Hominem: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 2.2% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.6% Recency Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.7% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.7% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Tu Quoque: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Genetic Fallacy: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.4% Bandwagon: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst