Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,170 analyzed words
BS Summary: These CBC News Staff results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Optimism Bias , and Halo Effect , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 15.3% saturation with 716 hits . Analysis detected 2,264 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,680 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 49% (3,403 of 6,628 authors). This CBC News Staff is better (less manipulative) than 51.30% of the peer group. CBC News Staff
Author details
Total words: 4,680
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
49% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 48.7% percentile 2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.8% 3.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.4% 0.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.1% 0.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.3% 0.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 8.6% 8.6% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 2.2% 2.2% 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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 15.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.4%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.6%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.8% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst