Topic summary
0% 9 analyzed articles/videos 762 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Bay results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Hasty Generalization , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22.8% saturation with 740 hits . Analysis detected 4,989 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,245 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of 71% (4,605 of 15,753 topics). This The Bay is worse (more manipulative) than 70.80% of the peer group. The Bay
Topic details
Total words: 3,245
Article count: 9
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71% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 70.8% percentile 4.4% BS Score9 analyzed articles3.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 14.8% 14.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Topic 8.3% 8.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Topic 7.2% 7.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Topic 5.4% 5.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 22.8% 22.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 3.0% 3.0% 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 22.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 16.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 9.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 2.0% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 1.9% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 6.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 1.1% Anecdotal: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.5% Genetic Fallacy: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst