Author summary
50% 1 analyzed article/video 427 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fox News results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Confirmation Bias , and Framing Effect , with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 195 hits . Analysis detected 939 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,281 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.9% and a BS Rank of 83% (1,160 of 6,628 authors). This Fox News is worse (more manipulative) than 82.50% of the peer group. Fox News
Author details
Total words: 1,281
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
83% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 82.5% percentile 4.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.3K 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 6.8% 6.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 15.2% 15.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.9% 0.9% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 5.8% 5.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 4.3% 4.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 4.1% 4.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 7.9% 7.9% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Author 2.8% 2.8% 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 6.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.5%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 15.2%, sitewide 9.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 7.9%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.7%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 1.9% Anecdotal: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 4.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 4.1%, sitewide 0.8% Burden of Proof: Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.4% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.1% Begging the Question: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst