Publication summary
16% 34 analyzed articles/videos 14,816 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pasadena Now results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Optimism Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 4.1% saturation with 2,755 hits . Analysis detected 28,160 faulty-reasoning hits from 67,194 analyzed words across 34 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 17% (478 of 570 publications). This Pasadena Now is better (less manipulative) than 83.80% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 67,194
Article count: 34
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
16% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 16.2% percentile 0.9% BS Score34 analyzed articles67.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 3.9% 3.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 2.1% 2.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 4.1% 4.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.0% 3.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.1% 2.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 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: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.0%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst