Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video807 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California High Speed Rail results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Negativity Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 30% saturation with 242 hits. Analysis detected 1,354 faulty-reasoning hits from 807 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (1,568 of 15,342 topics). This California High Speed Rail is worse (more manipulative) than 89.80% of the peer group.
California High Speed Rail
Topic details
Total words: 807
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

90% percentile
025507510089.8% percentile
8.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles807 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 28.0%28.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 30.0%30.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 14.3%14.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 26.8%26.8%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Topic 6.7%6.7%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 8.6%8.6%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 5.6%5.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 30.0%, sitewide 5.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 28.0%, sitewide 1.9%Framing Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 26.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 0.3%Bandwagon: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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