Author summary
⁠74%1 analyzed article/video364 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Mercury News results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Anecdotal, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 31.6% saturation with 345 hits. Analysis detected 871 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,092 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠89% (607 of 5,313 authors). This The Mercury News is worse (more manipulative) than 88.60% of the peer group.
The Mercury News
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠0%Levi Sumagaysay1%
⁠1%Talmon Joseph Smith1%
⁠1%Joe Rennison1%
⁠89%The Mercury News (selected)7%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,092
Article count: 1
Publications
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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)
The Mercury News attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.
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The Mercury News vs sitewide
The Mercury News attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

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