Publication summary
56%10 analyzed articles/videos6,425 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bridge results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.8% saturation with 1,836 hits. Analysis detected 17,296 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,568 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 32% (261 of 379 publications). This Bridge is better (less manipulative) than 68.80% of the peer group.
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Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%FactCheck.org1%
1%@politifact1%
2%Berkeleyside1%
32%Bridge (selected)2%
99%Utah Hockey Club13%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
100%NBC 6 South Florida33%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

31% percentile
025507510031.2% percentile
1.5% BS Score10 analyzed articles23.6K 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 5.0%5.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 4.7%4.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 3.0%3.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Publication 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 4.6%4.6%

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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 7.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Michigan subsidy board beefs up ethics rules. Critics ask what took so long28%
Bridge Michigan56%By Paula Gardner0%7/22/2026, 8:35:28 PM
Report: Michigan’s budget much bigger than ‘on paper,’ likely tops $86B54%
Bridge Michigan56%By Jordyn Hermani59%7/22/2026, 8:33:00 PM
Fact-check: ‘Millionaire’ claims in Abdul El-Sayed, Haley Stevens Senate race30%
Bridge Michigan56%By Kelly House44%7/22/2026, 5:11:19 PM
Opinion | AI makes it easier to deny reality. Michigan politics are already suffering61%
Bridge Michigan56%By Keith Kindred78%7/22/2026, 4:55:05 PM
Michigan bars big investors from buying more homes. Will it work?29%
Bridge Michigan56%By Jordyn Hermani59%7/21/2026, 9:57:07 PM
Fact check: Is John James backed by data center developers?49%
Bridge Michigan56%By Simon D. Schuster0%7/21/2026, 9:11:08 PM
Whitmer makes ‘science of reading’ training mandatory for Michigan teachers27%
Bridge Michigan56%By Isabel Lohman16%7/21/2026, 7:05:33 PM
Whitmer signs education budget: What to know about college affordability3%
Bridge56%By Isabel Lohman16%7/21/2026, 5:33:09 PM
Did your candidate drop out? How to change vote in Michigan10%
Bridge Michigan56%By Hayley Harding9% Votebeat17%7/21/2026, 3:20:18 PM
Opinion | Can Michigan learn the right lessons from two child welfare cases?75%
Bridge Michigan56%By Richard Wexler92%7/21/2026, 2:45:19 PM