Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 4,077 analyzed words
BS Summary: These North Bay results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Anecdotal , and Hasty Generalization , with Hindsight Bias as the most egregious example at 5% saturation with 812 hits . Analysis detected 8,481 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,308 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 4% (16,044 of 16,562 topics). This North Bay is better (less manipulative) than 96.90% of the peer group. North Bay
Topic details
Total words: 16,308
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.1% percentile 1.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles16.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 4.7% 4.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 5% 5% 10% 10% 15% 15% 20% 20% 25% 25% Negativity Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 5.2% Hindsight Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.4% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst