Publication summary
94% 353 analyzed articles/videos 150,514 analyzed words
BS Summary: These California Post results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.4% saturation with 111,451 hits . Analysis detected 880,322 faulty-reasoning hits from 721,695 analyzed words across 353 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 71% (163 of 552 publications). This California Post is worse (more manipulative) than 70.60% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 721,695
Article count: 353
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
71% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 70.6% percentile 2.3% BS Score353 analyzed articles721.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 9.9% 9.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 8.7% 8.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 12.6% 12.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 4.1% 4.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Publication 5.6% 5.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 15.4% 15.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 3.0% 3.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 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: Publication 9.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 15.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 8.7%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 12.6%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 6.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 5.6%, sitewide 0.5% Anecdotal: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 1.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 1.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst