Publication summary
14% 15 analyzed articles/videos 20,320 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Flatwater Free Press results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Authority , and Anecdotal , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.8% saturation with 5,198 hits . Analysis detected 32,153 faulty-reasoning hits from 89,202 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of 5% (539 of 565 publications). This Flatwater Free Press is better (less manipulative) than 95.40% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 89,202
Article count: 15
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.6% percentile 0.7% BS Score15 analyzed articles89.2K 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 2.8% 2.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 5.8% 5.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 2.7% 2.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.7% 1.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.1% 0.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 2.1% 2.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 0.8% 0.8% 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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.6%, 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