Publication summary
14% 10 analyzed articles/videos 5,054 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Des Moines Register results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 3.8% saturation with 798 hits . Analysis detected 8,292 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,958 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 21% (444 of 557 publications). This The Des Moines Register is better (less manipulative) than 79.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 20,958
Article count: 10
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 2.4% 2.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 1.6% 1.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 2.1% 2.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.2% 1.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 0.5% 0.5% 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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst