Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos2,554 analyzed words
BS Summary: These San Diego Islamic Center Shooting results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 728 hits. Analysis detected 4,773 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,985 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (15,482 of 22,342 topics). This San Diego Islamic Center Shooting is better (less manipulative) than 69.30% of the peer group.
San Diego Islamic Center Shooting

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

31% percentile
025507510030.7% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 3.3%3.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.9%3.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.1%8.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.3%2.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.1%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.4%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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