Topic summary
0% 5 analyzed articles/videos 4,428 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Southern California results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Negativity Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 13.5% saturation with 2,433 hits . Analysis detected 20,203 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,015 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 39% (9,452 of 15,267 topics). This Southern California is better (less manipulative) than 61.90% of the peer group. Southern California
Topic details
Total words: 18,015
Article count: 5
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
38% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 38.1% percentile 2.5% BS Score5 analyzed articles18K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 12.4% 12.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 13.2% 13.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 12.0% 12.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.9% 0.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Topic 5.2% 5.2% 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 12.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 13.5%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 1.1% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Burden of Proof: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.4% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst