Publication summary
95% 65 analyzed articles/videos 18,938 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Common Dreams results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Biased Writer Voice , and Politically Left Leaning Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 23,627 hits . Analysis detected 215,475 faulty-reasoning hits from 112,295 analyzed words across 65 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 85% (60 of 379 publications). This Common Dreams is worse (more manipulative) than 84.40% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 112,295
Article count: 65
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
84% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 84.4% percentile 3.6% BS Score65 analyzed articles112.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 17.9% 17.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 18.0% 18.0% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 17.6% 17.6% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 8.4% 8.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 5.7% 5.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Publication 6.7% 6.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 5.0% 5.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.9% 0.9% 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 17.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 21.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 18.8%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 18.0%, sitewide 5.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 17.9%, sitewide 2.0% Appeal to Authority: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 9.0%, sitewide 8.1% Indoctrination: Publication 8.4%, sitewide 0.0% Confirmation Bias: Publication 8.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Ad Hominem: Publication 6.7%, sitewide 2.2% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 4.5%, sitewide 3.3% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Begging the Question: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 1.7% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Slippery Slope: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 1.5% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 3.1% Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst