Publication summary
78%28 analyzed articles/videos15,889 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Compact results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 13.2% saturation with 18,393 hits. Analysis detected 164,616 faulty-reasoning hits from 138,992 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 61% (152 of 385 publications). This Compact is worse (more manipulative) than 60.70% of the peer group.
Compact

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

61% percentile
025507510060.7% percentile
2.2% BS Score28 analyzed articles139K 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 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 7.2%7.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 4.9%4.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 13.2%13.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.7%3.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.1%3.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 13.2%13.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 2.7%2.7%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Publication 5.3%5.3%

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 7.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Publication 13.2%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 13.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 8.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 4.4%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Misanthropic Altruism70%
Compact Magazine78%By William Thibeau0%7/23/2026, 11:00:12 AM
What Democrats Could Learn from Blue Labour93%
Compact Magazine78%By Michael C. Behrent100%7/22/2026, 10:44:57 AM
How French Theory Lost Its Cool40%
Compact78%By Geoff Shullenberger39%7/21/2026, 11:00:40 AM
The End of the Non-Proliferation Paradigm91%
Compact Magazine78%By Jennifer Kavanagh66%7/20/2026, 11:00:56 AM
The White Guilt of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey92%
Compact Magazine78%By John Byron Kuhner0%7/17/2026, 1:57:12 PM
America Isn’t Ready for Blue City Defaults89%
Compact Magazine78%By Lewis Andrews0%7/16/2026, 11:51:39 AM
The Resurrection of Mitch McConnell74%
Compact78%By Ryan Zickgraf66%7/14/2026, 11:00:05 AM
Nigel Farage Is Flailing55%
Compact78%By Peter Hitchens0%7/10/2026, 11:00:15 AM
Title IX Is Holding Back US Men’s Soccer57%
www.compactmag.com78%By Scott Yenor0%7/10/2026, 11:00:01 AM
A Neurologist’s Perspective on Gender Identity54%
www.compactmag.com78%By Christopher Wood0%7/9/2026, 11:00:41 AM