Publication summary
82% 1 analyzed article/video 549 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alternet.org results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22.1% saturation with 364 hits . Analysis detected 1,523 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,647 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.6% and a BS Rank of 92% (35 of 410 publications). This Alternet.org is worse (more manipulative) than 91.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 1,647
Article count: 1
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92% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 91.7% percentile 4.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 6.6% 6.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 2.8% 2.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 14.0% 14.0% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 22.1% 22.1% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 5.5% 5.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 4.7% 4.7% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Publication 6.0% 6.0% 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: Publication 22.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 14.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 6.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 6.0%, sitewide 3.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 5.5%, sitewide 2.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 4.4%, sitewide 5.2% Pessimism Bias: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 1.1% Sunk Cost Effect: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 0.3% Ad Hominem: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 0.0% Actor-Observer Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 0.6% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst