Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video350 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Catalina Island results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Anchoring Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 154 hits. Analysis detected 712 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,400 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠51% (8,229 of 16,562 topics). This Catalina Island is worse (more manipulative) than 50.30% of the peer group.
Catalina Island
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,400
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

50% percentile
025507510050.3% percentile
3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K 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 0.6%0.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.3%6.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.0%11.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.4%3.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.6%3.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 8.9%8.9%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 0.1%0.1%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 0.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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