Topic summary
45% 24 analyzed articles/videos 14,923 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Traffic Safety results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Availability Heuristic , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.6% saturation with 4,618 hits . Analysis detected 42,430 faulty-reasoning hits from 69,674 analyzed words across 24 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 9% (20,302 of 22,206 topics). This Traffic Safety is better (less manipulative) than 91.40% of the peer group. Traffic Safety
Topic details
Total words: 69,674
Article count: 24
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
9% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.6% percentile 1.2% BS Score24 analyzed articles69.7K 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% Topic 5.1% 5.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.6% 6.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.5% 5.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.1% 2.1% 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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
KTVU 29% 8/3/2026, 5:37:56 AM