Publication summary
99%51 analyzed articles/videos15,424 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Breaking Points results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 25.7% saturation with 22,058 hits. Analysis detected 247,522 faulty-reasoning hits from 85,959 analyzed words across 51 videos, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of 94% (26 of 410 publications). This Breaking Points is worse (more manipulative) than 93.90% of the peer group.
Breaking Points
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%Capital B News1%
1%Spotlight Delaware1%
1%The Banner1%
94%Breaking Points (selected)6%
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: 85,959
Video count: 51
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

94% percentile
025507510093.9% percentile
5.3% BS Score51 analyzed articles86K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 22.5%22.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 22.9%22.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 16.2%16.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Publication 7.7%7.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 25.7%25.7%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Publication 8.0%8.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 22.0%22.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Publication 7.4%7.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Publication 10.1%10.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Publication 7.2%7.2%

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 16.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 25.7%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Publication 22.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 22.5%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 22.0%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Publication 12.2%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Publication 7.2%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 10.1%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 9.3%, sitewide 5.3%Pessimism Bias: Publication 8.0%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 7.7%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Publication 7.4%, sitewide 1.5%Slippery Slope: Publication 7.2%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Publication 6.9%, sitewide 2.2%In-Group Bias: Publication 6.3%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Publication 6.8%, sitewide 5.2%Halo Effect: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 6.4%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Publication 6.0%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 0.4%Special Pleading: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 0.3%Anchoring Bias: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 4.0%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate