Publication summary
⁠24%5 analyzed articles/videos1,120 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Arkansas Democrat-Gazette results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and In-Group Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 1,229 hits. Analysis detected 9,326 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,113 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠47% (215 of 399 publications). This Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is better (less manipulative) than 53.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

46% percentile
025507510046.2% percentile
1.8% BS Score5 analyzed articles12.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 7.2%7.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 10.2%10.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 2.2%2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 7.6%7.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Publication 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 4.0%4.0%

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 7.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 10.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

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