Publication summary
93% 90 analyzed articles/videos 54,156 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American Thinker results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Politically Right Leaning Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23.5% saturation with 70,656 hits . Analysis detected 552,481 faulty-reasoning hits from 301,053 analyzed words across 90 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 82% (70 of 379 publications). This American Thinker is worse (more manipulative) than 81.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 301,053
Article count: 90
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
82% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 81.7% percentile 3.4% BS Score90 analyzed articles301.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 7.0% 7.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 23.5% 23.5% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Publication 15.1% 15.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 17.2% 17.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 4.7% 4.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 13.2% 13.2% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 5.8% 5.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.8% 3.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.6% 1.6% 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: Publication 7.0%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 23.5%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Publication 13.2%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Publication 17.2%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 8.6%, sitewide 15.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 15.1%, sitewide 1.4% Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 11.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 10.4%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% In-Group Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Ad Hominem: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 0.0% Anecdotal: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 5.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 5.1%, sitewide 3.1% False Dilemma: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 1.5% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Straw Man: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 0.9% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.9%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Slippery Slope: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst