Publication summary
34% 52 analyzed articles/videos 73,522 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brookings results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Framing Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.5% saturation with 17,819 hits . Analysis detected 215,675 faulty-reasoning hits from 324,856 analyzed words across 52 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 14% (328 of 379 publications). This Brookings is better (less manipulative) than 86.50% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 324,856
Article count: 52
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 13.5% percentile 1.2% BS Score52 analyzed articles324.9K 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 5.2% 5.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 5.5% 5.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 2.2% 2.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.9% 3.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.6% 2.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.3% 1.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 4.2% 4.2% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.8% 0.8% 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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 5.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.8%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Indoctrination: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst