Topic summary
0% 5 analyzed articles/videos 4,686 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California Governor Race results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.1% saturation with 4,073 hits . Analysis detected 22,484 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,872 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 22% (12,435 of 15,914 topics). This California Governor Race is better (less manipulative) than 78.10% of the peer group. California Governor Race
Topic details
Total words: 23,872
Article count: 5
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 21.9% percentile 2.0% BS Score5 analyzed articles23.9K analyzed words
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.6% 6.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.0% 7.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.5% 2.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.4% 0.4% 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 6.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 17.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.7% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2% False Dilemma: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst