Publication summary
53%14 analyzed articles/videos28,396 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Current Affairs results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 6.6% saturation with 8,058 hits. Analysis detected 78,585 faulty-reasoning hits from 121,786 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 38% (358 of 571 publications). This Current Affairs is better (less manipulative) than 62.60% of the peer group.
Current Affairs
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Signal Cleveland1%
1%Montana Free Press1%
1%Just Security1%
1%BridgeDetroit1%
38%Current Affairs (selected)2%
100%The White House9%
100%Utah Hockey Club10%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
Publication details
Total words: 121,786
Article count: 14
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

37% percentile
025507510037.4% percentile
1.2% BS Score14 analyzed articles121.8K 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 1.8%1.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 4.7%4.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 3.2%3.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 0.2%0.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 0.9%0.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Publication 0.1%0.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 6.6%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 5.1%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate