Topic summary
4% 7 analyzed articles/videos 1,972 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Road Closures results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 2.8% saturation with 204 hits . Analysis detected 2,642 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,415 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 3% (16,184 of 16,562 topics). This Road Closures is better (less manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group. Road Closures
Topic details
Total words: 7,415
Article count: 7
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.3% percentile 1.2% BS Score7 analyzed articles7.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.3% 0.3% 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 2.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.1% Slippery Slope: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
KTVU 61% 7/24/2026, 4:09:34 PM