Topic summary
⁠6%3 analyzed articles/videos2,115 analyzed words
BS Summary: These San Francisco Bay results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 784 hits. Analysis detected 3,944 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,837 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (16,067 of 16,558 topics). This San Francisco Bay is better (less manipulative) than 97.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751003.0% percentile
1.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles9.8K 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 1.8%1.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.0%8.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.8%4.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos