Topic summary
⁠79%1 analyzed article/video485 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California Wildfires results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.9% saturation with 260 hits. Analysis detected 1,065 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,455 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (7,287 of 15,758 topics). This California Wildfires is worse (more manipulative) than 53.80% of the peer group.
California Wildfires
Topic details
Total words: 1,455
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

54% percentile
025507510053.8% percentile
3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 7.0%7.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 6.2%6.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.1%9.1%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%Framing Effect: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.0%Straw Man: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.0%Red Herring: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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