Topic summary
⁠0%3 analyzed articles/videos512 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Northern California results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 7.9% saturation with 326 hits. Analysis detected 1,695 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,120 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (12,834 of 15,780 topics). This Northern California is better (less manipulative) than 81.30% of the peer group.
Northern California
Topic details
Total words: 4,120
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510018.7% percentile
1.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.1K 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 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.0%4.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.2%0.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.9%1.9%

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 0.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos