Topic summary
⁠52%4 analyzed articles/videos3,224 analyzed words
BS Summary: These South Bay results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14% saturation with 1,749 hits. Analysis detected 9,243 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,533 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠21% (12,641 of 15,984 topics). This South Bay is better (less manipulative) than 79.10% of the peer group.
South Bay
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 12,533
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510020.9% percentile
1.9% BS Score4 analyzed articles12.5K 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 3.9%3.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.0%14.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.2%11.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos