Author summary
15% 7 analyzed articles/videos 1,875 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Washington Post staff results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination , Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , and Biased Writer Voice , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 715 hits . Analysis detected 4,070 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,193 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 18% (5,230 of 6,359 authors). This Washington Post staff is better (less manipulative) than 82.20% of the peer group. Washington Post staff
Author details
Total words: 8,193
Article count: 7
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
18% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 17.8% percentile 1.7% BS Score7 analyzed articles8.2K 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 8.7% 8.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.3% 1.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.5% 0.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 8.7% 8.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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 8.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.2%, sitewide 9.1% Indoctrination: Author 8.7%, sitewide 0.0% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 5.6%, sitewide 0.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst