Publication summary
19% 18 analyzed articles/videos 8,226 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Courthouse News results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 3,621 hits . Analysis detected 26,691 faulty-reasoning hits from 39,256 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 21% (327 of 410 publications). This Courthouse News is better (less manipulative) than 79.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 39,256
Article count: 18
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 20.3% percentile 1.3% BS Score18 analyzed articles39.3K 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 5.8% 5.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 9.2% 9.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 3.1% 3.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% 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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 9.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst