Publication summary
54% 466 analyzed articles/videos 298,398 analyzed words
BS Summary: These AP News results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 132,932 hits . Analysis detected 949,313 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,381,403 analyzed words across 464 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 17% (315 of 378 publications). This AP News is better (less manipulative) than 83.30% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 1,381,403
Article count: 464
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
17% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 16.7% percentile 1.3% BS Score464 analyzed articles1.4M analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 8.0% 8.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 4.6% 4.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 9.6% 9.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.7% 3.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.7% 2.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 2.5% 2.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 1.2% 1.2% 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 8.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 9.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst