Keyword summary
72%43 analyzed articles/videos33,682 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Journalism results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 13.6% saturation with 25,496 hits. Analysis detected 195,441 faulty-reasoning hits from 187,230 analyzed words across 43 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 24% (26,700 of 34,721 keywords). This Journalism is better (less manipulative) than 76.90% of the peer group.
Journalism

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

23% percentile
025507510023.1% percentile
2.0% BS Score43 analyzed articles187.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 6.9%6.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 6.2%6.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 10.4%10.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 13.6%13.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.8%2.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.5%1.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 1.5%1.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Keyword 0.5%0.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Keyword 1.4%1.4%

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: Keyword 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 10.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 13.6%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 7.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 4.0%, sitewide 2.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Keyword 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The Slow Death of Journalism, with Matt Taibbi78%
The Free Press74%By Eli Lake93%7/23/2026, 9:00:51 AM
Remembering Terry Messman, founding editor of Street Spirit homeless newspaper36%
The Oaklandside3%By Street Spirit staff67%7/22/2026, 7:00:00 PM
Journalists urge correspondents’ association to stand up to Trump at rescheduled press dinner70%
AP News52%By JOCELYN NOVECK62%7/22/2026, 3:50:17 PM
The history of Indianapolis lives in old newspaper archives. Can we get to it?15%
Mirror Indy20%By Tracey Compton15%7/22/2026, 10:00:00 AM
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants52%
AP News52%By MIKHAIL ZINSHTEY/CalMatters77%7/21/2026, 8:11:47 PM
Remembering Terry Messman, founding editor of Street Spirit homeless newspaper35%
Berkeleyside35%By Street Spirit51%7/15/2026, 4:20:47 PM
The Trump Administration Just Subpoenaed Some NYT Reporters. Here's Why.39%
Townhall85%By Matt Vespa78%7/11/2026, 1:45:30 AM
The BBC Has Appeased Its Enemies and Alienated Its Friends80%
Jacobin60%By Anonymous BBC Journalist0%7/9/2026, 8:45:24 AM
Mainstream media gets nothing from caving to Trump77%
Daily Kos84%By Oliver Willis93%7/3/2026, 9:00:00 PM
Committee to Protect Journalists in Turmoil After 17-1 Vote Upholding Tangled Definition of ‘Journalist’ for Gaza List: Fox News Is Sole ’No' Vote77%
Washington Free Beacon89%By Adam Kredo91%7/2/2026, 9:55:49 PM