Author summary
14% 3 analyzed articles/videos 927 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bay City News results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias , Optimism Bias , and Biased Writer Voice , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 4.6% saturation with 172 hits . Analysis detected 1,216 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,708 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 20% (7,000 of 8,658 authors). This Bay City News is better (less manipulative) than 80.80% of the peer group. Bay City News
Author details
Total words: 3,708
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
19% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.2% percentile 1.4% BS Score3 analyzed articles3.7K 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% Author 1.2% 1.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.2% 0.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.6% 4.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.7% 2.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.9% 0.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 2.5% 2.5% 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: Author 1.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Sunk Cost Effect: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.3% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.5% Burden of Proof: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.0% Red Herring: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst