Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 281 analyzed words
BS Summary: These MPR News Staff results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias , Halo Effect , and Optimism Bias , with In-Group Bias as the most egregious example at 55.4% saturation with 467 hits . Analysis detected 1,041 faulty-reasoning hits from 843 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.8% and a BS Rank of 94% (440 of 6,628 authors). This MPR News Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 93.40% of the peer group. MPR News Staff
Author details
Total words: 843
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
93% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 93.4% percentile 8.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles843 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–75%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 55.4% 55.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.3% 5.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 17.8% 17.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Primacy Effect Sitewide 0.9% Author 6.0% 6.0% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Author 6.2% 6.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 10.0% 10.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 8.1% 8.1% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% In-Group Bias: Author 55.4%, sitewide 6.9% Framing Effect: Author 5.3%, sitewide 26.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 17.8%, sitewide 4.0% Halo Effect: Author 10.0%, sitewide 6.7% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Optimism Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 6.0% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% Recency Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 2.7% Primacy Effect: Author 6.0%, sitewide 0.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 3.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Gambler’s Fallacy: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst