Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 308 analyzed words
BS Summary: These BBC News results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Pessimism Bias , and Availability Heuristic , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15% saturation with 185 hits . Analysis detected 943 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,232 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.8% and a BS Rank of 82% (1,197 of 6,586 authors). This BBC News is worse (more manipulative) than 81.80% of the peer group. BBC News
Author details
Total words: 1,232
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
82% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 81.8% percentile 4.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.2K 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% Author 2.8% 2.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.1% 3.1% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 10.2% 10.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.6% 1.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 15.0% 15.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 5.3% 5.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 4.2% 4.2% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 2.4% 2.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 5.8% 5.8% 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: Author 2.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 15.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 11.2%, sitewide 11.1% Pessimism Bias: Author 10.2%, sitewide 1.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 7.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 4.6% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.0% Bandwagon: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.1% False Dilemma: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.5% Indoctrination: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst