Publication summary
47% 4 analyzed articles/videos 3,693 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Denver Westword results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Optimism Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 5% saturation with 552 hits . Analysis detected 6,325 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,079 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 26% (294 of 395 publications). This Denver Westword is better (less manipulative) than 74.40% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 11,079
Article count: 4
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
26% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 25.6% percentile 1.4% BS Score4 analyzed articles11.1K 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 3.6% 3.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.9% 2.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 2.2% 2.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 2.6% 2.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 4.0% 4.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.3% 0.3% 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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst