Topic summary
⁠31%2 analyzed articles/videos505 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Oakland Politics results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 427 hits. Analysis detected 3,766 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,736 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠18% (13,616 of 16,486 topics). This Oakland Politics is better (less manipulative) than 82.60% of the peer group.
Oakland Politics
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 5,736
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

17% percentile
025507510017.4% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.7K 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 6.6%6.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.9%5.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.4%2.4%

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 6.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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