Publication summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 173 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Decatur Daily results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Hasty Generalization , with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 44.4% saturation with 307 hits . Analysis detected 668 faulty-reasoning hits from 692 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8% and a BS Rank of 98% (10 of 398 publications). This Decatur Daily is worse (more manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 692
Article count: 1
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98% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 97.7% percentile 8.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles692 analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 44.4% 44.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 4.9% 4.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 4.5% 4.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 11.6% 11.6% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Publication 6.8% 6.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 0.9% 0.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 9.7% 9.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 3.2% 3.2% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Publication 2.5% 2.5% 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% Indoctrination: Publication 44.4%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect: Publication 4.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 11.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 9.7%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 7.2%, sitewide 8.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 6.8%, sitewide 0.5% Optimism Bias: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 5.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 0.3%, sitewide 0.8% Indoctrination Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst