Publication summary
0%1 analyzed article/video581 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Boing Boing results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 30.2% saturation with 701 hits. Analysis detected 2,945 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,324 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of 91% (37 of 379 publications). This Boing Boing is worse (more manipulative) than 90.50% of the peer group.
Boing Boing
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%FactCheck.org1%
1%@politifact1%
2%Berkeleyside1%
91%Boing Boing (selected)5%
99%Utah Hockey Club13%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
100%NBC 6 South Florida33%
Publication details
Total words: 2,324
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

91% percentile
025507510090.5% percentile
4.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 30.2%30.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 10.6%10.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Publication 12.5%12.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 2.1%2.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 2.5%2.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 9.8%9.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 4.3%4.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Publication 5.4%5.4%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 30.2%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Publication 10.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 17.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 9.8%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 12.5%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 5.4%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide ratePublication rate

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