Publication summary
25% 16 analyzed articles/videos 6,251 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Courthouse News results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Self-Serving Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 3,201 hits . Analysis detected 23,752 faulty-reasoning hits from 33,331 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 24% (312 of 410 publications). This Courthouse News is better (less manipulative) than 76.00% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 33,331
Article count: 16
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
24% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 24.0% percentile 1.4% BS Score16 analyzed articles33.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 6.9% 6.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 6.3% 6.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 9.6% 9.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 2.7% 2.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.4% 2.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.7% 0.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 3.3% 3.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 0.7% 0.7% 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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 9.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 6.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst