Publication summary
11% 26 analyzed articles/videos 21,174 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cowboy State Daily results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Negativity Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 2.5% saturation with 2,370 hits . Analysis detected 33,563 faulty-reasoning hits from 93,417 analyzed words across 26 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of 5% (536 of 559 publications). This Cowboy State Daily is better (less manipulative) than 95.90% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 93,417
Article count: 26
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.1% percentile 0.7% BS Score26 analyzed articles93.4K 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 1.4% 1.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.6% 1.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.6% 1.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 1.5% 1.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.8% 1.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.5% 1.5% 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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst