Author summary
15% 3 analyzed articles/videos 780 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WRAL staff results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Unattributed Quote , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 219 hits . Analysis detected 1,281 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,340 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 47% (3,384 of 6,350 authors). This WRAL staff is better (less manipulative) than 53.30% of the peer group. WRAL staff
Author details
Total words: 2,340
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
47% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 46.7% percentile 2.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles2.3K 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 3.6% 3.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.8% 2.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.1% 3.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.0% 2.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.4% 2.4% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 4.5% 4.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.9% 1.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 9.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 6.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 4.5%, sitewide 1.1% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.8% Actor-Observer Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.6% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst