Keyword summary
73%11 analyzed articles/videos9,370 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Opinion Columnists results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 14.1% saturation with 5,370 hits. Analysis detected 38,032 faulty-reasoning hits from 38,110 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 35% (38,866 of 59,653 keywords). This Opinion Columnists is better (less manipulative) than 65.20% of the peer group.
Opinion Columnists

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

35% percentile
025507510034.8% percentile
1.9% BS Score11 analyzed articles38.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 5.0%5.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 8.4%8.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 5.2%5.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 14.1%14.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.6%3.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.8%1.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Keyword 0.3%0.3%

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: Keyword 5.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 8.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 14.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 8.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 6.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 5.3%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Keyword 4.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Opinion: Why so many Latinos in the US are anti-immigrant41%
The Mercury News36%By Eladio Bobadilla56%8/6/2026, 3:45:40 AM
Abcarian: Shame on Trump, Rubio and Musk, who’ve enabled needless deaths around the world46%
East Bay Times36%By Robin Abcarian78%8/6/2026, 3:15:07 AM
McCloskey: The case for making your life harder13%
East Bay Times22%By Abby Mccloskey0%8/6/2026, 2:30:41 AM
Florida officials creepily investigate citizen critics58%
Sun Sentinel43%By Scott Maxwell72%8/2/2026, 4:00:20 AM
Howie Carr: ICE rids Massachusetts of 2 more illegal immigrant child abusers81%
Boston Herald55%By Howie Carr94%8/2/2026, 2:42:30 AM
Leubsdorf: Trump administration threatens states to tighten voting rules78%
East Bay Times22%By Carl Leubsdorf94%7/25/2026, 3:15:45 AM
Skelton: Californians sour on Newsom’s push to ban gas-powered cars49%
East Bay Times22%By George Skelton57%7/25/2026, 2:45:02 AM
Steven Greenhut: ICE’s unraveling cases spotlight agency’s police-state tactics53%
San Diego Union-Tribune42%By Steven Greenhut89%7/24/2026, 5:00:06 AM
Opinion: Crucial task of protecting workers now falls to local enforcement64%
The Mercury News36%By Terri Gerstein79%7/22/2026, 2:30:45 AM
Kristof: What we should learn from Nordic happiness38%
The Mercury News36%By Nicholas D. Kristof43%7/14/2026, 2:34:08 AM