Topic summary
20% 9 analyzed articles/videos 4,851 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tragedy results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 1,531 hits . Analysis detected 8,996 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,036 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 19% (18,247 of 22,341 topics). This Tragedy is better (less manipulative) than 81.70% of the peer group. Tragedy
Topic details
Total words: 20,036
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
18% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 18.3% percentile 1.5% BS Score9 analyzed articles20K 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 2.1% 2.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.5% 5.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.6% 7.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.5% 1.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 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: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 6.7% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
KTVU 28% 8/4/2026, 11:08:07 AM