Topic summary
⁠79%3 analyzed articles/videos2,110 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California Legislation results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Anecdotal, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 17.7% saturation with 1,370 hits. Analysis detected 10,367 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,724 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠55% (7,530 of 16,562 topics). This California Legislation is worse (more manipulative) than 54.50% of the peer group.
California Legislation
Topic details
Total words: 7,724
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

55% percentile
025507510054.5% percentile
3.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 17.7%17.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 16.4%16.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.7%10.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.6%6.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.9%3.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 3.2%3.2%

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 16.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.7%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos