Keyword summary
⁠93%1 analyzed article/video511 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Today Explained Newsletter results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 24.2% saturation with 371 hits. Analysis detected 2,315 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,533 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of ⁠87% (5,088 of 37,536 keywords). This Today Explained Newsletter is worse (more manipulative) than 86.40% of the peer group.
Today Explained Newsletter
Keyword ranking list
PercentileKeywordBS Score
⁠0%Lieutenant Governor1%
⁠0%Agriculture Commissioner1%
⁠0%Texas Supreme Court1%
⁠0%Tropic Care Of Florida1%
⁠0%Running Back1%
⁠87%Today Explained Newsletter (selected)7%
⁠100%Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%Mike Lewis60%
⁠100%Joni Balter60%
⁠100%Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%Bondi Beach Shooting70%
Keyword details
Total words: 1,533
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

86% percentile
025507510086.4% percentile
6.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 24.2%24.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 2.1%2.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 13.7%13.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Keyword 11.7%11.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 1.4%1.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Keyword 9.8%9.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 13.2%13.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 1.1%1.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Keyword 5.3%5.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 15.6%15.6%

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 13.7%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 24.2%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Keyword 15.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 13.2%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Keyword 11.7%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Keyword 9.8%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 6.6%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Keyword 6.5%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Recency Bias: Keyword 5.3%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Keyword 5.3%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 5.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 4.1%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Keyword 3.6%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Keyword 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Keyword 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Composition/Division: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

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